Effects of Dietary Allicin on Health and Blood Profile of Broiler Chickens
Journal Title: Journal of Animal Science Advances - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
A fifty-six (56) day feeding trial was conducted to assess the health and blood profile of broiler chickens supplemented with dietary allicin. Three hundred (300) unsexed Cobb-500 day-old chicks were randomly assigned to five experimental treatment groups, using a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications of 20 birds in each treatment. A basal diet was formulated for starter (0-21 days) and grower (22-56 days) periods. The five treatments were represented by T0 (the control, without any antibiotics or allicin), T1 (supplemented with antibiotics), whereas T2, T3 and T4, were supplemented with varying levels of allicin (25 % garlic oil) 0.10, 0.15, and 0.20 g/kg in the diet respectively. Feed and water were supplied ad libitum. Results of this study indicated that the incidence of diarrhoea was significantly (p<0.05) reduced on the sixth week. Significant (p<0.05) difference were observed in globulin and HDL levels among the parameters measured for blood biochemistry. In addition, there were significant (p<0.05) differences in all haematological indices except for MCH and MCV. In conclusion, the supplementation of allicin in the diets of broiler chickens may decrease the incidence of diarrhoea (by improving gut balance) and more so, can improve some of the components of blood profile (globulin, RBC, HDL and MCHC) of broiler chicken and possibly improve the health status of the chicken.
Authors and Affiliations
M. B. Adjei , C. C. Atuahene , V. Attoh-Kotoku
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