| dc.description.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. | en_US |
