HAEMATOLOGICAL AND SERUM BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF JAPANESE QUAILS (COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA) FED GRADED LEVELS OF CASSAVA PEEL MEAL FORTIFIED WITH DRIED BREWERS GRAINS.

F.T. Akade²; Antyev.m¹; B.J. Mufwa¹; Nyameh. J. ¹ and D.U. Zaklag¹

¹Department of Animal Production College of Agriculture. Jalingo, Nigeria.

²Department of Animal Health College of Agriculture. Jalingo, Nigeria.

E-mail: mufwa@yahoo.com.

ABSTRACT

One hundred and thirty two (132) Japanese Quails aged four weeks were used for the study. They were divided into four (4) groups of 33 birds each used in a 6 weeks feeding trails to evaluate the blood biochemistry and haematology of Japanese Quails fed cassava peel meal fortified with Dried Brewers grains (CPMFBDG). The CPMFDBG which contained 20% crude protein was included at 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% level in diets 1, 2,3 and 4 respectively to replace maize in the diets. The haematological indices measured include packed cell volume (PCV) haemoglobin Concentration (Hb) red blood cells (RBC) white blood cell (wbc) mean corpuscular volume (mcv) mean haemoglobin concentration (MHC) and Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC). The result indicated insignificant difference (p> 0.05) among the groups.  Biochemical indices such as total protein, globulin and Albumin were equally not effected (p>0.05) by the treatment diet. The result of cholesterol showed no significant different (p>0.05) among treatment. These results underline the usefulness of CPMFDBG for Japanese quails feeding. The normal indices obtained in this study indicated that up to 30% CPMFDBG could be incorporated into the diets of Japanese Quails without compromising the health status of the birds.

Keywords: Cassava peel meal fortified with Died Brewers grains, Japanese Quails, blood parameters.