Gross Responses, Haematological Indices and Serum Biochemistry of Growing Cockerels Fed Diets Containing Graded Levels of Rumen Liquor Fermented Sugarcane Scrappings as Replacement for Maize

Authors: Ari MM* , Alu SE , Daniel MA , Omede AA , Umoren E and Iji PA

DOI: 10.23880/oajar-16000103

Volume 1, Issue 1

Abstract

This study investigated the gross response, Haematological indices and serum biochemistry of growing cockerels fed diets containing 0, 5, 10 and 15 % of rumen liquor fermented sugarcane scrappings (RFSCS) as replacement of maize in diets of growing Ammo cockerels. At the end of 35 d feeding trial, there was no significant (P>0.05) differences in final weight (FW), weight gain (WG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), survival percentage (%), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and protein while feed intake (FI), packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin (Hb) concentration, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), red blood cells (RBC) count, white blood cells (WBC) count, cholesterol, urea, uric acid, glucose, albumin and globulin were affected (P<0.05) by feed treatment. These results showed that RFSCS can replace up to 15% of maize in the diets of growing cockerels without any deleterious effects, 10% replacement of maize with RFSCS is recommended for optimum performance.

Keywords: Cockerels; Performance; Rumen Liquor; Sugarcane Scrapings; Serum

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