Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Curcuma Longa on the Biochemical Profile and Meat Characteristics of Broiler Rabbits under Summer Stress

Basavaraj Basavaraj,Nagabhushana Nagabhushana,Prashanth SMallikarjunappa,V V,Appannavar Appannavar,M M,N N,Prakash Prakash,MM MM

doi:10.5455/vetworld.2011.15-18

Abstract

Eighteen four week’s old weaned broiler rabbits of comparable body weights were allotted to three dietary treatment groups of six rabbits in each group namely T0 (basal control diet, T1 (basal diet added with turmeric rhizome powder, TRP, at the ratio of 150mg)and T2 (basal diet added with TRP at the ratio of 300mg/100g diet). Different hematological and serum biochemical parameters such as packed cell volume, Hemoglobin, total erythrocyte count and total leukocyte count and serum total protein, albumin, cholesterol, alkaline phosphatase, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase due to the dietary inclusion of turmeric powder rhizome supplementation at 0, 0.15 and 0.30 percent did not show significant difference between the treatment groups. Carcass parameters and chemical composition of meat were closer to the standard values. The results of the study indicated no beneficial effect of dietary inclusion of turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizome powder at 0, 0.15 and 0.30 per cent on blood biochemical and meat characteristics of broiler rabbits reared under summer stress

Highlights

Commercial rabbit production has been gaining much attention in recent years due to their high prolificacy, rapid growth rate, small body size and high meat yields
The total mixed ration (TMR) served as the basal control diet (T0) and the basal diet added with TRP at the ratio of 150mg and 300mg/100g diet were designated as T1 and T2 respectively
The blood was analyzed for hematological (Schalm 1965) and serum total protein, albumin (Valzitidis, H., 1977), Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), Alanine Transaminase (ALT), Aspartate Transaminase (AST) (Reitman and Frankel, 1957) and Cholesterol (Gordan and Amer, 1977) estimation

Summary

Introduction

Commercial rabbit production has been gaining much attention in recent years due to their high prolificacy, rapid growth rate, small body size and high meat yields. Keeping these points in view, the present study was carried out with the objective to study the effect of turmeric rhizome powder on growth, feed intake and feed efficiency in heat stressed broiler rabbits and on nutrient digestibility.

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