Haematological and serum biochemical parameters of West African Dwarf goats fed dried cassava leaves-based concentrate diets

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding different levels of dried cassava leaves at 0%, 20%, 40% and 60%, respectively, using guinea grass as basal feed, on the haematological and serum biochemical parameters of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats. The study lasted for 116 days duri...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2012-03, Vol.44 (3), p.483-490
Main Authors: Oni, Adebayo Olusoji, Arigbede, Oluwasanmi Moses, Sowande, Olusiji Sunday, Anele, Uchenna Young, Oni, Oluwakemi Oluremilekun, Onwuka, Chryss Friday Ijeoma, Onifade, Olufemi Sunday, Yusuf, Kafayat Omowumi, Dele, Peter Aniwe, Aderinboye, Ronke Yemisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Albumin
Albumins - analysis
Animal Feed - analysis
Animals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Blood Glucose - analysis
Blood Proteins - analysis
Cell size
Creatinine
Creatinine - blood
Diet
Diets
Erythrocyte Indices
Feeding
Glucose
Goats
Goats - blood
Goats - metabolism
Grasses
Hematology
Hemoglobin
Leaves
Leukocyte Count
Leukocytes (neutrophilic)
Life Sciences
Lymphocytes
Male
Manihot - chemistry
Manihot esculenta
Nigeria
Original Research
Plant Leaves - chemistry
Ruminantia
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Zoology
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Summary:The study was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding different levels of dried cassava leaves at 0%, 20%, 40% and 60%, respectively, using guinea grass as basal feed, on the haematological and serum biochemical parameters of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats. The study lasted for 116 days during which haematological and serum biochemical parameters were monitored in 40 male goats before and after, using a completely randomized design. At the start of the experiment, packed cell volume (PCV) ranged from 21.5% to 25.5% while haemoglobin concentration (Hb) and RBC significantly ( P  
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-011-9923-0