HAEMATOLOGY AND SERUM BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF BROILER CHICKEN FED DIETS CONTAINING COPPER AND YEAST

Abstract

The effect of Inorganic copper and Yeast supplementation on haematology and serum biochemistry of broiler chickens was investigated. A total of 120 day old mixed sex “Arbor acre strain” broiler chicks were used for the study. The study lasted for eight weeks. The broilers were randomly allocated to four treatment groups and fed diets containing four levels of copper and yeast been at constant level (T1= 0g Yeast + 0g Copper, T2 = 32.5g Yeast + 25.0g copper, T3 = 32.5g Yeast + 37.5g copper and T4 = 32.5g Yeast + 50g copper respectively per 25kg of diet.) Each group was replicated three times with 10 birds per replicate in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The result showed that Significant (p<0.05) differences occurred among treatments in most of the parameters studied. Broiler birds fed T2, T3 and T4 had the higher (p<0.05) HB than T1. The result also shows that the urea and cholesterol level was highest (p<0.05) for birds fed T1 when compared to other treatment groups. It was concluded that T2 and T3 can be safely included in broiler diet for an improved health promoting blood cells.