Blood profile and nutrients digestibility of native chickens fed functional diets with different energy and protein level
2021
This study aimed to determine the blood profile, pH value of the small intestine and
nutrient digestibility of native chickens fed functional diets with different energy and protein
levels. The study used 192 DOC of native chickens with rearing up to 14 weeks old. The study
was designed in a factorial completely randomized design with two factors. The first factor was
the energy level (E1 = 2,800 kcal, E2 = 3,000 kcal), and the second factor was the protein level
(P1 = 18%; P2 = 19%; P3 = 20%; P4 = 21%), each treatment had 4 replications. The feed
ingredients used as functional feed in the ingredients of the ration i.e. yellow corn, rice bran,
fish meal, soybeans grain, moringa leaves flour, turmeric flour, and Topmix® with the feed
composition according to the treatment applied. Blood sampling, measurement of pH
duodenum segment of the small intestine, and measurement of nutrient digestibility were
performed on chickens after 12 weeks of age. The variables observed were blood profile, small
intestinal pH, and nutrient digestibility. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance
according to the design applied. The results showed that the effect of interaction between
energy and protein level had a non-significant effect (P>0.05) on blood profile (hemoglobin,
leucocyte, erythrocytes, platelets), small intestine pH, and nutrient digestibility. Similarly, also
found the influence of a single factor of each energy and protein level. However, the treatments
influenced a significant effect (P<0.05) on hematocrit and blood bilirubin values, and a highly
significant effect (P<0.01) on total blood cholesterol. The study concluded that energy levels
and protein levels had influenced significantly on blood profile, but not in pH intestine and
nutrient digestibility
Keywords:
- Correction
- Source
- Cite
- Save
- Machine Reading By IdeaReader
5
References
0
Citations
NaN
KQI