A study of some serum biochemical values of Japanese quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) fed graded levels of energy diets in Northwestern Nigeria
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of Microbiology - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Studyinvolving six weeks feeding trials was conducted at the college experimentalfarm, college of agriculture, Hassan Usman katsina polytechnic, katsina todetermined the effect of different energy levels (2400kcal/kg and 2600kcal/kg)diets on the serum biochemical parameters of Japanese quails (coturnix coturnixjapanicum). Fifty (50) day old Quails chicks were procured and divided randomlyinto two treatment groups designated as T1 and T2. Each treatment wasreplicated three times with eight birds per replicate. Both treatments indicateno significances difference (P>0.05) in the biochemical parameters ofquails. Both T1 and T2 showed an increase in the value of sodium and totalprotein and the values of urea, T bilirubin, direct bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase(ALT), Aspartate transaminase (AST) and albumin were lower than the referencesvalues. Feed and water were given ad libitum daily. At the end of the trialperiod two birds were chosen randomly and blood sample were collected throughthe jugular vein. Two milliliters of blood was collected from the bird insterile test tubes without anticoagulant and allowed to clot. The samples wereprocessed and analyzed at Rahusa Medical Diagnostic laboratory katsina. Fromthe result obtain in the study, it was deduced that different energy levels asincluded in these diets of Japanese Quails have no adverse effect on the serumbiochemical parameters of the birds.
Authors and Affiliations
S. Ukashatu*| Department of Animal Health and Production Technology, Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina State,, A. Bello| Department of Veterinary Anatomy., M. A. Umaru| Department of Theriogenology and Animal Production., J. E. Onu| Department of Veterinary Anatomy., S. A. Shehu| Department of Veterinary Anatomy., A. Mahmuda| Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology., B. Saidu| Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry; Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
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