Haemato-biochemical changes in raw Karanj (Pongamia glabra vent) cake fed broiler chicken and its amelioration Reddy A. Ashok Kumar3, Kumar A. Anand3,*, Reddy Y. Ramana1,3, Reddy A. Gopala2,3 3Department of Veterinary Pathology, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, (A.P) 1department of Animal Nutrition. Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, (A.P) 2department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, (A.P) *Corresponding author: aakumar7@rediffmail.com
Abstract Raw expeller pressed karanj seed cake (EKC) @10% incorporated in broiler chicken ration by quantitatively replacing soyabean meal and studied the performance and haemato-biochemical changes. Day-old broiler chicks (Vencobb strain) were divided into five groups of 18 chicks each with various combinations of EKC, methionine and activated charcoal as group I: control feed (CF), group II: CF + EKC @ 10%, group III: CF + EKC @ 10% + methionine @ 0.2%, group IV: CF + EKC @ 10% + activated charcoal @ 0.1% and group V: CF + EKC @ 10% + methionine @ 0.2% + activated charcoal @ 0.1% for a period of 6 weeks. The results revealed reduced body weight gains, feed intake, increased feed conversion ratio and significant (P< 0.05) reduction in mean values of Hb, PCV, TEC, TLC, glucose, total protein, albumin and globulin levels and significant (P< 0.05) increase in the total cholesterol, creatinine and AST levels in EKC fed group in comparison to control group. The amelioration groups revealed improvement in performance and haemato-biochemical values in respect to EKC fed group. Top Keywords Activated charcoal, Broiler chicks, Karanj seed cake, Haemato-biochemical changes, Methionine. Top |