Vol. 8, Issue 1 (2019)

Author(s):
Rakesh Kumar, NS Maan, Saurabh Baloda, Promila and Sajjan Sihag

Abstract:
The purpose of this research work was to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation with different levels of garlic and holy basil leaf powder on the blood profile of broiler chicks. A total of 280 day-old broiler chicks were procured and randomly distributed into 7 treatments, each treatment had 4 replicates with 10 chicks in each replicate. T₁ was served as control and fed a basal diet formulated as per standards. T₂ and T₃ were fed with garlic powder @ 0.5, 1% feed, respectively. T₄ and T₅ were given with holy basil leaf powder @ 0.5, 1% feed, respectively. T₆ was fed with garlic powder and holy basil leaf powder @ 0.5% each. T₇ was treated with garlic powder and holy basil leaf powder @1.0% each. At the end of the 6^th week of the feeding trial blood was collected from the jugular vein of the randomly selected bird per replication group using hypodermic needle and syringe. Five millilitre of blood was collected from each chicken and transferred immediately into a set of sterile vacutainers with anti-coagulant (EDTA) for haematological tests. Present study showed that hemoglobin was found significantly (P<0.05) higher in T₅ & T₆ as compare to T₁, T₂ & T₃. While RBC, TLC & DLC (Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Basophil, Lymphocyte and Monocyte per cent) values did not differ significantly among treatment groups. However, the values for all the hematological parameters were within normal range.