Effect of the inclusion of scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) in diet on growth and haematology of growing  rabbits

The effect of scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) as feed additive in rabbit diet on growth and hematological parameters of rabbits was investigated using a number of 24 non-descript rabbits in an eight (8) weeks feeding trial. Four experimental diets were formulated to contain 0.0, 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0g scent leaf (SL) per kg of feed. The diets were randomly assigned to four treatment groups of 6 rabbits per treatment in a completely randomized design (CRD) experiment. Feed and water were offered ad libitum. Feed intake and weight gain was taken and used to calculate other growth performance parameters while blood sample (2 ml) was collected aseptically between 6:30 and 7:30 am from three rabbits per treatment and transferred into heparinised tubes which was used to determine the haematological parameters (PCV, Hb, red blood cells and white blood cells). The results showed that there was significant (P<0.05) differences in body weight gain and feed conversion ratio (FCR) across the four (4) treatment groups with treatment group fed scent leaf at 4.0g/kg diet having the highest weight gain and the best FCR. There was also significant difference (P<0.05) in albumin and cholesterol levels. Haematological parameters showed significant difference (P<0.05) across the treatment groups with treatment group fed 2.0g scent leaf having the lowest white blood cell (8.00 x 1012 /L). In conclusion treatment group fed 4.0g scent leaf gave the best result in terms of weight gain and FCR.

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Effect of the inclusion of scent leaf (ocimum gratissimum) in diet on growth and haematology of growing rabbits

Nigerian Journal of Animal Production ◽

10.51791/njap.v43i1.2778 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 326-331

Author(s):

W. Buba ◽

S. Duru ◽

J. Metemilola ◽

C. Uchendu ◽

A. O. Iyiola-Tunji

Keyword(s):

Weight Gain ◽

Treatment Group ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

White Blood Cells ◽

Haematological Parameters ◽

Feed Additive ◽

Treatment Groups ◽

Ocimum Gratissimum ◽

Significant Difference

The effect of scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) as feed additive in rabbit diet on growth and hematological parameters of rabbits was investigated using a number of 24 non-descript rabbits in an eight (8) weeks feeding trial. Four experimental diets were formulated to contain (0.0, 2.0.4.0 and 6.Og scent leaf (SL) per kg of feed. The diets were randomly assigned to four treatment groups of 6 rabbits per treatment in a completely randomized design (CRD) experiment. Feed and water were offered ad libitum. Food intake and weight gain was taken and used to calculate other growth performance parameters while blood sample (2 ml) was collected aseptically between 6:30 and 7:30 am from three rabbits per treatment and transferred into heparinised tubes which was used to determine the haematological parameters (PCV, Hb, red blood cells and white blood cells). The results showed that there was significant (P<0.05) differences in body weight gain and feed conversion ratio (FCR) across the four (4) treatment groups with treatment group fed scent leaf at 4.0g/kg diet having the highest weight gain and the best FCR. There was also significant difference (P<0.05) in albumin and cholesterol levels. Haematological parameters showed significant difference (P<0.05) across the treatment groups with treatment group fed 2.0g scent leaf having the lowest white blood cell (8.00 x 1012/L). In conclusion treatment group fed 4.Og scent leaf gave the best result in terms of weight gain and FCR.

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Evaluation of hydroponics fodder as a partial feed substitute in the ration of crossbred calves

Indian Journal of Animal Research ◽

10.18805/ijar.b-3421 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

G. Rajkumar ◽

M. T. Dipu ◽

K. Lalu ◽

K. Shyama ◽

P. S. Banakar

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Average Daily Gain ◽

Total Body Weight ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Treatment Groups ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Green Fodder ◽

Total Body

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of maize green fodder produced by hydroponics system on the performance of eighteen weaned crossbred calves and Calves were divided into three groups T1, T2 and T3 of six each as uniformly. The calf starter in dietary treatments T1, T2 and T3 contained 24, 20 and 17 per cent of Crude Protein (CP), respectively and 70 per cent Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN). The T2 and T3 treatments were made iso-nitrogenous with T1 by supplementing hydroponics maize fodder. The results obtained in the present study showed significant difference among different treatment groups regarding Dry matter intake (DM), total body weight gain, Average daily gain (ADG) and Feed conversion ratio (FCR) with a higher (P less than 0.05) values observed for calves belonging to T3 than groups T1 and T2. Data on digestibility of nutrients does not reveal any difference (P>0.05) among treatment groups. Cost per kg gain was significantly (P less than 0.05) lower in T3 (Rs.102.14) than groups T2 (Rs. 111.64) and T1 (Rs. 119.82). On conclusion, feeding of hydroponics maize fodder as a partial feed substitute of calf starter on protein basis at seven per cent level improves the DM intake, total body weight gain, ADG and lowers the cost per kg body weight gain.

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THE EFFECT OF CALF STARTER RATION FOR PRE-WEANING ONGOLE GRADE (PO) CALVES ON BODY WEIGHT GAIN

Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture ◽

10.14710/jitaa.41.4.209-215 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 209

Author(s):

E. Winarti ◽

A. Widyastuti

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Daily Weight Gain ◽

Design Data ◽

Treatment Groups ◽

Randomized Design ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Daily Body Weight ◽

Difference Test

The objective of study was to determine the effect of calf starter in the pre-weaning calves against the daily body weight gain. Twenty Ongole grade (PO) calves age of 1 month divided into 4 treatment groups of feed, 5 calves for each treatment. Treatment (P1) fed with extra soybean groats; (P2) soybean groats 50% + Gliricidia 50%; (P3) soybean groats 50%+ rice bran 50%; (P4) soybean groats 50%+ rejected bread 50%. Calf starter was given at age 1 month to 3 months. Observation was carried out on calves daily weight gain. This experiment was designed in Completely Randomized Design. Data was analyzed by analysis of variance and continued Least Significant Difference Test. Statistical analysis showed that feed of (P <0.05) significantly affected the daily weight gain of the calves. Results of the study can be concluded that calf starter with soya groats provide the best daily weight gain of pre-weaning calf.

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Effect of garlic powder (Allium sativum) on growth, dressing parameters, serum biochemical contents and profitability of broiler

Bangladesh Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.3329/bjas.v46i4.36961 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 215-224

Author(s):

MB Karim ◽

ME Hossain ◽

MS Ali ◽

A Hossain

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Feed Intake ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Basal Diet ◽

The Other ◽

Feed Additive ◽

Treatment Groups ◽

Garlic Powder ◽

Broiler Diet

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of garlic an alternative feed additive in broiler diet. The experiment was carried out for a period of 32 days with a number of 340 day-old straight run broiler chicks. Birds were divided into five dietary treatment groups with 4 replications each having 17 birds. The dietary groups were; control (basal diet; no additives), antibiotic (basal diet + antibiotic), garlic 0.25% (basal diet + 0.25% garlic powder), garlic 0.50% (basal diet + 0.50% garlic powder) and garlic 0.75% (basal diet + 0.75% garlic powder). Results showed that the body weight, body weight gain and total FCR were not differ significantly (P>0.05) among the treatment groups. Total feed intake in different dietary levels showed significant (P<0.05) difference. Control group showed significantly (P<0.05) higher feed intake than the other dietary groups. The results also showed thatthe serum glucose concentration was reduced (P<0.05) in all garlic supplemented groups compared to the control and antibiotic groups. Total cholesterol level was significantly (P<0.05) lower in the 0.75% garlic group compared to the control and antibiotic groups. In case of dressing parameter, 0.75% garlic group showed lowest (P<0.05) abdominal fat compared to the other groups. Cost of production per kg live broiler was lower in antibiotic and control groups compared to the garlic group. With regards to profit, antibiotic groups showed higher profitability than the other groups. It can be concluded that the addition of garlic powder to broiler diet had positive effect on cholesterol and glucose levels and had no effect on feed intake, body weight gain, meat yield, bone development, carcass parameters. It can be suggested that the garlic could be a potential feed additive in broiler diet.Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2017. 46 (4): 215-224

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Effect of long term consumption of graded levels of powdered stored Ocimum gratissimum supplementation on the weight performance in Wistar rats

International Journal of Scientific Reports ◽

10.18203/issn.2454-2156.intjscirep20170357 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

Ogungbemi Kunle ◽

Ishola D. Taiwo ◽

Ishola O. Tomilayo ◽

Arowora K. Adebisi ◽

Ilesanmi F. Funmilayo

Keyword(s):

Weight Gain ◽

Feed Intake ◽

Wistar Rats ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Dietary Lipid ◽

Average Weight ◽

Ocimum Gratissimum ◽

Highest Weight ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Dietary Treatments

Background: The influence of Ocimum gratissimum leaf supplementation on feed intake; weight change via growth performance of Wistar rats was investigated.Methods: A total of twenty (20) rats (average weight of 80 g±10 g), housed in a well-ventilated cages and given feed and water ad libitum for 2 weeks after which they were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments comprising 0%, 2.5%, 5% and 10%, of powdered stored Ocimum gratissimum leaf inclusion. Results: Group of rats fed with the lowest supplementation (2.5%) of Ocimum gratissimum showed significant increase (P< 0.05) in weekly feed intake than group fed with the highest supplementation (10%). While, there was no significant difference (P >0.05) between the groups fed with 0% and 5%. Also, the weight gain by the rats with 2.5% Ocimum gratissimum diet supplementation had highest weight gain which was significantly different to 10% supplementation and non-significantly different to 5% supplementation. Animals which received 2.5% of leaf of Ocimum gratissimum had the fastest growth rate, followed by those that received 5% and 10%. However, the control feed had higher body weight gain than 10% supplementation. The observable increase in the feed intake, weight gain and feed efficiency seen in the lowest supplementation level (2.5%) can be attributed to the spicing and seasoning of food with O. gratissimum and as such could also increase the palatability of the food. Furthermore, 2.5% has the highest dietary lipid which increases the palatability of food by absorbing and retaining flavor.Conclusions: It can be concluded that 2.5% O. gratissimum supplementation has a better palatability than other experimental diets which reflected on the performance characteristics of this treatment.

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Expression of cytokine genes and receptors in white blood cells associated with divergent body weight gain in beef steers

Agri Gene ◽

10.1016/j.aggene.2017.09.005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 37-39

Author(s):

Amanda K. Lindholm-Perry ◽

Virginia M. Artegoitia ◽

Jeremy R. Miles ◽

Andrew P. Foote

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

White Blood Cells ◽

Beef Steers ◽

Cytokine Genes

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EFFECTS OF TULSI LEAF EXTRACT ON BODY WEIGHT GAIN IN BROILER PRODUCTION

Bangladesh Journal of Veterinary Medicine ◽

10.3329/bjvm.v14i1.28818 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 21-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. N. Hasan ◽

M. Mostofa ◽

M. G. Sorwar ◽

M. T. Hasan ◽

K. Das ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Treatment Group ◽

Leaf Extract ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Control Group ◽

Live Body Weight ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Group A ◽

Group B

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of tulsi leaf (Ocimum sanctum) extract supplementation in drinking water as a growth promoter in broiler chickens. A total of 40 Cobb-500 broiler chicks (day-old) were purchased from local hatchery (Nourish Poultry and Hatchery Ltd.). After seven days of acclimatization chicks were randomly divided into two groups, A (n=20) and B (n=20). The group A was kept as a control and not treated. The group B was supplemented with tulsi leaf extract with feed and water. Weekly observations were recorded for live body weight gain up to 5th weeks and hematological tests were performed at 35th days age of broiler to search for hematological changes between control (A) and treatment (B) groups. The initial body weight of groups A and B on 1st day of this experiment were 41.00±1.78 gm and 41.50±2.35 gm, respectively and after 35th day of experiment final body weight were 1640± 74.83 gm and 1920± 33.91 gm, respectively and economics of production were analyzed and found that net profit per broiler was Tk. 21.46 and Tk. 32.29, respectively. The treatment group B was recorded statistically significant (at 1% level) increased (16.97%) for live body weight than that of control group A. The hematological parameters total erythrocyte count (TEC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), packed cell volume (PCV) and hemoglobin (Hb) estimation value of treatment group shows significant difference, while hemoglobin (Hb) estimation does not show significant difference from control group. The results suggest that better growth performance could be achieved in broilers supplemented with tulsi leaf extract.

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Efficacy as a growth promoter of Tulsi leaves extract in broiler production with carcass characteristics and hematological profile

World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews ◽

10.30574/wjarr.2021.11.3.0452 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 272-279

Author(s):

Md Tahidul Islam ◽

Md Ashraf Zaman Faruk ◽

Md Sazzad Hossain ◽

Dolan Das

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Treatment Group ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Control Group ◽

Growth Promoter ◽

Live Body Weight ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Group A ◽

Group B

This experiment was conducted to investigate the efficacy of tulsi leaves (Ocimum sanctum) extract supplementation in drinking water as a growth promoter in broiler chickens. A total No. of 30 day old Cobb-500 broiler chicks was purchased from local hatchery and after seven days of acclimatization chicks were randomly divided into two groups A and B in equal number. The group A was kept as a control and not treated. The group B was supplemented with tulsi leaves extract with feed and water. Weekly observations were recorded for live body weight gain up to 30 days and hematological tests were performed at 30th day’s age of broiler to evaluate the hematological changes between two groups. The initial body weight of groups A and B on 1st day of this experiment were 42.80±10.31 gm and 42.68±6.90 gm respectively and after 30th days of experiment final body weight were 1530± 33.07 gm and 1600± 44.80 gm respectively; the net body weight gain from 7th day were 1488±41.12 gm and 1551±39.29 gm respectively and economics of production was analyzed and found that net profit per broiler was Tk. 24.51 and Tk. 32.50 respectively. The treatment group B was reported statistically significant (at 1% level) increased 16.43% for live body weight than the control group A. The hematological parameters TEC, ESR and PCV value of treatment group showed significant difference, while Hemoglobin (Hb) estimation did not show significant difference from control group. Therefore, the findings of the study results suggest that supplemented with tulsi leaves extract with feed and water can improve the growth performance of broiler.

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Influence of feeding different sources of bypass protein on growth performance, hematology and economics in Murrah buffalo heifers

Indian Journal of Animal Research ◽

10.18805/ijar.11460 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Anuradha Kumari ◽

Dipankar Kar ◽

Harish K. Gulati K. Gulati ◽

M. A. Akbar ◽

Sajjan Sihag ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Growth Performance ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Monthly Interval ◽

Murrah Buffalo ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Haematological Profile ◽

Different Sources

Study was conducted to evaluate effect of supplementation different sources of bypass proteins on growth performance, haematological profile and economics of feeding in Murrah buffalo heifers. Eighteen heifers distributed into three equal groups and were offered similar basal control diet in T1, supplemented with commercial and natural bypass protein in two treatments groups T2 and T3 for a period 120 days in heifers respectively. Heifers were weight at monthly interval, simultaneously blood samples were collected. Body weight gain and average daily gain were significantly higher (Pis less than 0.01) in heifers supplemented with protected protein as compared to control. Count of red blood cells, white blood cells, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume and hemoglobin concentration, showed no significant difference among different treatments. Daily feed cost were significantly (Pis less than 0.05) higher for both treatments groups but cost of feeding per unit body weight gain, were less in T2 and T3 treatments groups as compared to control T1.

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Influence of Omega-3 in Standardbred Horse: Haematological Parameters

Annals of Animal Science ◽

10.1515/aoas-2015-0044 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 145-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vincenzo Monteverde ◽

Fulvio Congiu ◽

Irena Vazzana ◽

Salvatore Dara ◽

Sergio Guttadauro ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Cells ◽

White Blood Cells ◽

Dietary Supplementation ◽

Haematological Parameters ◽

Control Group ◽

Omega 3 ◽

Blood Samples ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Athletic Horse ◽

Experimental Group

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of omega-3 supplementation on some haematological parameters like red blood cells (RBC), haemoglobin (Hgb), haematocrit (Hct), white blood cells (WBC), neutrophils (Neu) and lymphocytes (Lym) that may have a direct effect on the performance of athletic horses. Ten regularly trained Standardbred horses (6 geldings and 4 females, 4-5 years old, mean body weight 500 ± 25 kg) were used for the study. They were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group received an omega-3 dietary supplementation every day for 30 days. The control group received no supplementation. Every 10 days, horses took part in a 1660 metre harness race and blood samples were collected from each horse: one in the morning before race (pre) and one after race (post). The application of one-way analysis of variance for repeated mesures (ANOVA) showed a statistically significant difference due to the race in the two different groups. The results obtained in the present study show a discordant effect of supplementation with omega-3 on RBC, HCT and Hgb, while omega-3 supplementation has been shown to have a better effect on WBC, Neu and Lym, but further studies should be performed to better evaluate the benefits of these on the performance of the athletic horse.

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