Effects of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Leaf Meal Inclusion on Performance, Haematology and Serum Biochemical Indices of Cockerels

Subject Areas : Camel

آ.اُ.  آدینا ¹ (Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
ک.م.  اُکوکپه ² (Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
آ.اس.  آکانبی ³ (Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
م.د.  آجیباد ⁴ (Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
ت.ت.  تیامیا ⁵ (Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
اُ.آ.  سلامی ⁶ (Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)

Received: 2017-11-30 Accepted : 2017-04-15 Published : 2017-09-01

Keywords: Performance, haematology, cockerels, <i>Vitex doniana</i>,

Abstract :

A total of 105, 14 weeks old cockerels weighing 1.49 &plusmn; 0.023 kg were used to investigate the effects of Vitex doniana leaf meal (VDLM) on performance, haematological and serum biochemical parameters in cockerels over a seven-week experimental trials. The cockerels were divided into three (3) treatment groups of 0%, 5% and 10% inclusion levels of VDLM in a completely randomized design layout. The result showed significant increase (P&lt;0.05) in final body weight, average daily weight gain and feed to gain ratio. There was no significant difference (P&gt;0.05) in all haematological parameters except for the absolute content of granulocyte which, significantly increased (P&lt;0.05) with increase in VDLM inclusion. Serum total protein significantly increased (P&lt;0.05) with increase in VDLM inclusion while serum potassium in the control was significantly (P&lt;0.05) higher compared to 5% and 10% VDLM inclusions It was concluded that VDLM could be included up to 10% in cockerels diet with an improvement in performance and without detrimental alteration in haematological and serum biochemical parameters.

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