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Performance and Blood Profile of Growing Pullets Fed Diets Supplemented with Cholecalciferol

Authors: Addeji , Ogunwole.o.a. , OLUMIDE Martha , Mosuro A.o.

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of Agriculture And Forestry

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Nutritional additives in animal production are often targeted at further improving productivity. Supplementation beyond the conventional requirement of animals however, may make or mar animals’ performance and well being. This study was conducted to assess the effects of dietary supplemental cholecalciferol on performance and blood profile of growing pullets. Bovan Brown pullets (n=128) aged 12 weeks and weighing 0.82±0.03 were allotted to four dietary treatments of four replicates and eight pullets per replicate in a completely randomised design. They were initially raised on an iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous basal diet for the first three weeks and thereafter the diets were supplemented with 0 (T1), 1000 (T2), 2000 (T3) and 3000 IU/Kg D3 (T4), respectively. At week 20, final weight (kg) (1.19, 1.16, 1.18 and 1.15), weight changes (kg) (0.36, 0.34, 0.35 and 0.33), feed intake (0.89, 0.89, 0.89 and 0.89) and feed conversion ratio (2.48, 2.72, 2.57 and 2.79) for pullets on T1, T2, T3 and T4, respectively were not significantly affected (P>0.05) by the treatments. Platelet was the only haematological parameter that was significantly increased (P<0>0.05) affected by dietary D3 supplementation. The ALP, however was significantly higher (P<0>0.05) values of 17.57, 15.04 and 16.35 in pullets on 0, 1000 and 2000 IU D3 supplementations, respectively. The highest serum cholesterol (154.82), HDL (76.43) and LDL (69.59) levels were observed in pullets on supplemental 2000 IU D3 compared to other treatments while triglyceride was lowered (P<0>

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Addeji,b. Ogunwole.o.a.,. OLUMIDE,M. Mosuro,A. . (2018). Performance and Blood Profile of Growing Pullets Fed Diets Supplemented with Cholecalciferol , 8 (), 213-213.

Addeji,b. Ogunwole.o.a.,. OLUMIDE,M. Mosuro,A. . "Performance and Blood Profile of Growing Pullets Fed Diets Supplemented with Cholecalciferol " 8, no (), (2018): 213-213.

Addeji,b. and Ogunwole.o.a.,. and OLUMIDE,M. and Mosuro,A. and . (2018). Performance and Blood Profile of Growing Pullets Fed Diets Supplemented with Cholecalciferol , 8 (), pp213-213.

Addejib, Ogunwole.o.a., OLUMIDEM, MosuroA, . Performance and Blood Profile of Growing Pullets Fed Diets Supplemented with Cholecalciferol . 2018, 8 ():213-213.

Addeji,b.s. , Ogunwole.o.a., , OLUMIDE,Martha , and Mosuro,A.o. . "Performance and Blood Profile of Growing Pullets Fed Diets Supplemented with Cholecalciferol ", 8 . (2018) : 213-213.

A.b.s. O. O.Martha & M.A.o. , "Performance and Blood Profile of Growing Pullets Fed Diets Supplemented with Cholecalciferol " vol.8, no., pp. 213-213, 2018.

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