Haematological and Serum Biochemical Indices of West African Dwarf Rams Fed Ensiled Elephant Grass and Gmelina Arborea Leaves

Authors : Oluwatomıwa ADEDEJI, Vıctor AKINDURO

Pages : 241-245

Doi:10.47115/bsagriculture.1195787

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Publication Date : 2023-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In a study to evaluate the haematological parameters and serum indices of rams fed with ensiled Elephant grass and Gmelina arborea leaves, 16 WAD rams were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments for 4 weeks. Each treatment was replicated thrice in a Completely Randomized Design insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CRD);. The data obtained were subjected to analysis of variance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ANOVA); using procedure of SAS insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2002);; where analysis indicated significant difference, the significant means were compared using the Least Significant Difference method. Water and feed were given ad-libitum. Major parameters measured included: Red Blood Cell insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RBC);, Packed Cell Volume insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PCV);, White blood Cell insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WBC);, Hemoglobin, lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes, Total Protein insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TP);, Alanine aminotransferase insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ALT);, Aspartate aminotransferase insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AST);, albumin, glucose, urea, creatinine, cholesterol, High Density Lipoprotein insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HDL); and Low Density Lipoprotein insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LDL);. The four dietary treatments were 80% Elephant grass+ 20% cassava peels+0% Gamhar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T1);, 60% Elephant grass+ 20% cassava peels+20% Gamhar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T2);, 20% Elephant grass+ 20% cassava peels+60% Gamhar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T3);, and 0% Elephant grass+ 20% cassava peels+80% Gamhar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(T4);. Except for red blood cell insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RBC);, white blood cell insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WBC);, monocytes, creatinine, urea and LDL, all the haematological and biochemical parameters measured were significantly insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p˂0.05); different across the dietary treatments. It was observed that the ensiled diets offered to the rams did not have deleterious effect on the haematological and serum biochemical indices as the values registered across the dietary treatments falls within the normal ranges. It was concluded that all four test diets were suitable for dry season ram feeding and that Gmelina arborea could be included in ram diets up to 80% without any harmful effect on their haematological and serum biochemical profile.
Keywords : Haematology, Serum, Indices, Dietary treatment, West African Dwarf rams

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