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International Journal of Pharmacology

Year: 2016 | Volume: 12 | Issue: 8 | Page No.: 874-883
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2016.874.883

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Zaib Ur  Rehman

Zaib Ur Rehman

LiveDNA: 86.13047

Ahsan Ul Haq

Country: Pakistan

Naasra Akram

Country: Pakistan

Mohamed E. Abd  El-Hack

Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack

LiveDNA: 20.7210

Muhammad  Saeed

Muhammad Saeed

LiveDNA: 92.10398

Shahid Ur Rehman

Country: Pakistan

Chunchun Meng

Country: China

Mahmoud  Alagawany

Mahmoud Alagawany

LiveDNA: 20.7214

Maryam  Sayab

Maryam Sayab

LiveDNA: 92.14416

Kuldeep  Dhama

Kuldeep Dhama

LiveDNA: 91.4710

Chan Ding

Country: China

Keywords


  • serum metabolites
  • Acetic acid
  • broiler
  • histomorphology
  • hematology
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Growth Performance, Intestinal Histomorphology, Blood Hematology and Serum Metabolites of Broilers Chickens Fed Diet Supplemented with Graded Levels of Acetic Acid

Zaib Ur Rehman Zaib Ur  Rehman's LiveDNA, Ahsan Ul Haq, Naasra Akram, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack Mohamed E. Abd  El-Hack's LiveDNA, Muhammad Saeed Muhammad  Saeed's LiveDNA, Shahid Ur Rehman, Chunchun Meng, Mahmoud Alagawany Mahmoud  Alagawany's LiveDNA, Maryam Sayab Maryam  Sayab's LiveDNA, Kuldeep Dhama Kuldeep  Dhama's LiveDNA and Chan Ding
Objective: The present study was performed to determine the influence of dietary Acetic Acid (AA) supplementation on growth performance, intestinal histomorphology, blood hematology and serum constituents of broilers. Methodology: A total 200 chicks were randomly divided into five experimental groups with four replicates each (10 chicks/replicate) in a complete randomized design experiment. Treatments were as follow: (AA0: control, AA1: basal diet+0.1% acetic acid kg–1, AA2: basal diet+0.2% acetic acid kg–1 and AA3: basal diet+0.3% acetic acid kg–1). Results: The results showed that AA supplementation improved weight gain (p<0.001) and feed conversion ratio (p<0.001). Generally, acetic acid supplementation at 0.3% level improved bird’s performance during 2-6 weeks of age. Increased intestinal length and higher intestinal weight were recorded in AA treated birds. Significant reduction in pH of proventriculus and ventriculus (p<0.01) was observed with in dose related manner. No significant effects were observed on dressing percentage. Histological observations revealed that intestinal morphology professed positive effects under AA treatment. Furthermore, the effect of dietary AA supplementation was significant (p<0.05) only on lymphocytes count and heterophil/lymphocyte ratio. It is obvious that blood of birds fed AA3 diet had the highest concentration of calcium, phosphorous, total protein and globulin comparing with the control diet and other levels of AA. The best results of all parameters were observed in AA3. Conclusion: Based on the results, it could be concluded that AA supplementations in feed employs positive effect on performance and intestinal histomorphology of broilers.
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Zaib Ur Rehman, Ahsan Ul Haq, Naasra Akram, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Muhammad Saeed, Shahid Ur Rehman, Chunchun Meng, Mahmoud Alagawany, Maryam Sayab, Kuldeep Dhama and Chan Ding, 2016. Growth Performance, Intestinal Histomorphology, Blood Hematology and Serum Metabolites of Broilers Chickens Fed Diet Supplemented with Graded Levels of Acetic Acid. International Journal of Pharmacology, 12: 874-883.

DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2016.874.883

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijp.2016.874.883

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