HAEMATOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF GROWER TURKEYS FED DIFFERENT FIBRE SOURCES IN THE DIET

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the haematological response of grower turkeys to diets containing different fibre sources. A total of 120 grower turkeys were used to evaluate the growth response for this study. Four experimental diets were formulated and designated as T1, T2, T3, and T4. TI (control diet) contained none of the agro industrial by products used while T2, T3 and T4 contained 15% each of Wheat offal, Maize offal and Rice offal respectively. The turkeys were randomly allocated to four experimental treatments of thirty birds per treatment while each treatment was replicated three times (3) with ten (10) birds per pen in a completely randomized design. There were no significant differences (P>0.05) in all the haematological parameters and serum biochemical indices measured except PCV which decreased across the treatment groups. It was concluded that inclusion of different fibre sources in the diet of growing turkey did not have adverse effect on the health status of the birds