HAEMATOLOGICAL AND SERUM BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF GOATS FED BUCCHOLZIA CORICEA SUPPLEMENTED DIETS

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the haematological profile and serum biochemical indices of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats fed wonderful kola (Buccholzia coricea) supplemented diet. The study involves 20 WAD goats of age 1-2 years range with an average live weight 6.77±16 kg. Four experimental diets (treatment) were formulated such that 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8% of the wonderful kola meal was partially replaced with wheat offal and were incorporated into the formulated feed. The dietary treatments were designated as DI (control), D2, D3, D4, and D5, respectively. The feeding
trial lasted eight weeks, during which period feed and water were provided ad libitum. A Completely Randomized Design (CRD) was employed for the study and all data obtained from the experiment were subjected to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA to compare the results from the four dietary treatments. Results obtained from this study. revealed that the haematological profile and serum biochemical indices of goats recorded no significant (P > 0.05) differences between dietary treatments. The study concludes that wonderful kola seed meal fed goats as supplements to diets will not pose adverse effects on the blood characteristics of goats. The study concludes that the wonderful kola seed when fed as supplements diets will not pose adverse effects on the blood characteristics of goats.