GROWTH PERFORMANCE, SERUM BIOCHEMICALS AND LIPID PROFILE OF FINISHER BROILERS FED GRADEED LEVELS OF KITCHEN CHARCOAL AS TOXIN BINDER
This study was conducted at the poultry unit of Agricultural Technology Departmental research and demonstration farm, Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, to evaluate the serum biochemical and lipid profile of finisher broiler fed different levels of Kitchen charcoal. 60 pieces of unsexed three week old broiler were used for this experiment; the birds were grouped into four treatments and replicated thrice at 5 birds per replicate. The birds were placed on four experimental diets with the inclusion of kitchen charcoal at 0%, 1.5%, 3% and 4.5%. the experiment lasted for 21 days and the resultant effect of the experiment showed No significant difference (P> 0.05) was observed among all the parameters considered for both the serum biochemical and lipid profile of broiler finisher fed dietary levels of Kitchen charcoal. This is an indication that dietary kitchen charcoal had no effects on the serum and lipid profile of the experimental birds.
Keywords: growth, performance, hematological indices, lipid and profile
