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Authors : S. R. Akarte, R. Bahadure

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The grains used in the poultry feed can be minimized to certain extent by using other nonconventional additives which can be economical and useful in providing required diet contents. Considering the addition of nonconventional feedstuffs in the poultry feed, dried flesh of whole body mass and the grinded shell crush of bivalve mollusc, Lamellidens marginallis, was blended with regularly used poultry feed grains such as Bajara, Jowar, Wheat, Rice bran, Maize etc. The experiment was performed by feeding the chicks for 30 days in two separate groups with 10% and 20% addition of molluscan dried flesh and shell crush mixed in these grains. In addition, another three groups of chicks fed with only grains, commercial food recommended for poultry and fish meal added in grains were also maintained for 30 days. After experimental period blood-serum was analyzed for some hematological parameters (Triglyceride, Cholesterol, Protein, Calcium, Phosphorus and Amylase of blood serum). The analytical results observed were as follows. Serum triglyceride and Cholesterol was lower is chicks fed with commercial food and fish meal fed chicks than that of chicks fed with only grains and molluscan fed chicks. The protein content was higher is fish meal fed chicks and lower in other groups than that of grains fed chicks. Calcium was higher in molluscan fed chicks than all other groups. Serum phosphorus was higher is commercial food fed chicks than all other groups. Amylase was very higher in fish moral fed chicks than all the groups but it was lower in commercial and molluscan fed chicks.

Date of Online: 30 May 2014