H. Kermanshahi
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 91775-1 163 Mashhad, Iran
A. Riasi
Department of Animal Science, Birjand University, Western Khorasan, Birjand, Iran
ABSTRACT
In order to study the effect of turmeric rhizome powder (TU) and enzyme in some blood parameters of laying hens, an in vivo study was conducted. In a 5 * 2 completely randomized block design with factorial arrangement, 5 levels of TU (0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, and 0.20 %) and 2 levels of enzyme (0.0, and 0.05%) with 4 blocks (replicate) , 480, 100-week old laying hens for 4 weeks fed wheat-soybean meal based diets. Some serum blood parameters of laying hens including hematocrit value, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL and LDL-cholesterol were recorded at 104 weeks of age. Increasing dietary levels of TU with or without a dietary enzyme significantly decreased serum triglyceride, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol (P< 0.05). TU without enzyme significantly increased HDL-cholesterol. It was concluded that dietary supplementation of TU improves some of good indices of serum blood components in laying hens and might be used as an ingredient in laying hen diets for manipulating egg composition.
How to cite this article
H. Kermanshahi and A. Riasi, 2006. Effect of Turmeric Rhizome Powder (Curcuma
longa) and Soluble NSP Degrading Enzyme on Some Blood Parameters
of Laying Hens. International Journal of Poultry Science, 5: 494-498.
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2006.494.498
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2006.494.498
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2006.494.498
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2006.494.498
Vyom Reply
Exact information you have shared!