Serum biochemistry and haematological aspects of feeding broilers with fermented rice waste, palm kernel cake and spent grain
Abstract
The effect of feeding broilers rice waste, palm kernel cake, and spent grain fermented with liquid spent brewer's yeast on haematology and serum biochemistry were studied for eight weeks. During the starting phase, 108 day-old Agritted broiler chickens were brooded and fed commercial ration for 2 weeks. They were weighed at 3 weeks old and were assigned to 4 different treatments
(each with 27 birds) in a completely randomized design. Each group was randomly assigned to one of the 4 starter diets (0kg fermented diet for control and 21.07kg of rice waste, palm kernel cake and spent grain fermented with LSBY; 21.56-23.20% CP) and 4 finisher diets (0kg fermented diet for control and 24.15kg of rice waste, palm kernel cake and spent grain fermented with LSBY; 19.07-19.92% CP). Each treatment was replicated thrice with 9 birds each; feed and water were provided ad-libitum. Among the data collected for haematological study, significant (P<0.05) differences were obtained for RBC, Hb and PCV; whereas for serum biochemistry, significant (P<0.05) variations were obtained for ALT, AST, ALP and urea.
Keywords: Liquid spent brewer’s yeast; Broiler; Blood parameters
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