EFFECT OF HONEYWEED (Leonurus sibiricus) SUPPLEMENTED DIET ON HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETER IN BROILER CHICKENS

Abstract

The main objectives of this study were to formulate antibiotic free organic feed controlled by supplemented diet of honeyweed and buckwheat and investigated the effects of honeyweed (Leonurus sibiricus) in poultry on haematological parameters of the broiler chickens in order to formulate a low cost and ecofriendly diet. A total number of one-day old broiler 150 chicks (loman) were randomly assigned to the five treatment groups T1 (commercial control), T2 (Own control), T3 (own control + 5% honeyweed), T4 (own control + 10% honeyweed) and T5 (own control + 15% honeyweed) and reared for 30 days. Data on haematological parameters were taken at 30th day of our experiment by SYSMEX Automated Haematological Analyzer (Model: XN-350) at the laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology department of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200. Results revealed that significant (P<0.05) increase in haemoglobin, mean cell haemoglobin, mean platelet volume, red cell distribution and width coefficient variation, platelet large cell ratio and plateletcrit and decrease in total white blood cell count, neutrophils and lymphocytes comparing to the control group. No significant (P>0.05) differences were found in red blood cell, mean cell volume, mean cell haemoglobin concentration, platelet distribution and width, monocytes, basophils, haematocrit, total platelet count among the treated groups. Interestingly, 5% honeyweed with supplemented feed has obtained the optimum results of haematological parameters in broiler compared with other treatment groups. Our results suggest that this newly formulated feed at T3 with (Own control + 5% honeyweed) could be considered as an alternative natural feed additive to hazardous synthetic antibiotics for safe poultry meat production.