Effects of Feeding Graded Levels of Distillers Dried Grains with Soluble DDGS) With or Without Supplementation of Multi-enzymes on Blood Bio-Chemical Constituents of Indigenous Chicken

Abstract

An experiment was conducted using distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS) at 0, 10 and 20% levels with or without enzymes supplementation in the diets of indigenous chicken to study the effect on different blood bio-chemicals parameters. A total of one hundred and eighty (21 days old) indigenous chicks were divided into six groups viz. T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6 containing 30 chicks in each group. The birds of T1 (control) and T2 groups were offered the standard chick, grower and layer feeds as per BIS, 2007 without and with multi-enzymes (Xzyme), respectively. The birds of T3, T4, T5 and T6 groups were fed the rations containing 10% DDGS without and with enzymes and 20% DDGS without and with enzymes, respectively. The feeding trial was conducted for a period of 13 fortnights. The average levels of different blood parameters, estimated at the end of the experiment, viz. haemoglobin, glucose, serum protein, lipid, cholesterol, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), calcium and phosphorus ranged from 9.96±0.20 to 10.91±0.24 g/dl, 185.08±0.54 to 188.67±1.86 mg/dl, 3.05±0.17 to 3.32±0.09 g/dl, 72.45±0.29 to 72.96±0.49 mg/dl, 130.91±0.59 to 133.71±2.07 mg/dl, 71.66±0.44 to 72.28±0.40 U/L, 11.42±0.32 to 11.93±0.12 U/L, 10.16±0.44 to 10.81±0.29 mg/dl and 4.93±0.11 to 5.94±0.14 mg/dl, respectively. Non-significant (P>0.05) differences were observed with respect to average values of different blood parameters among the treatment groups except for blood inorganic phosphorus. Serum concentration of inorganic phosphorus was significantly (P<0.05) lower in T1 as compared to other groups. It can be concluded that the incorporation of DDGS up to 20% level in the diets of indigenous chicken did not have any adverse effect on the blood bio-chemical constituents of experimental birds.