Blood profile of broiler chickens fed with sweet leaf meal under range management system
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Blood profile of broiler chickens fed with sweet leaf meal under range management system
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The experiment was conducted to investigate the blood profile of broiler chickens fed sweet leaf meal (SLM) under range management system, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. One hundred fifty-seven-day-old broiler chickens were randomly assigned to five (5) treatments of ten (10) broilers each, with three replications containing 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12% SLM put out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Blood samples (3ml) were drawn from one broiler per replicate on the last day of the study. The broilers were bled through the marginal wing vein. The samples were taken and place in a labelled sterile universal bottle containing 1.0 mg/ml ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and used for haemato-logical analysis. The results revealed that the various levels of SLM had no effect on the red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), hematocrit (PCV), or hemoglobin. The detected blood profile readings are within typical physiological standards, with the exception of WBC, which is higher. The findings of this study suggest that adding varying levels of SLM to broiler rations under range management has no negative effect on the blood profile.
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