Authors : S. R. Akarte, R. Bahadure
Page Nos : 1-8
Description :
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.
