GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF RAMS FED DIET CONTAINING VARYING LEVELS OF BIOCHARCOAL . META TOPIC AND DESCRIPTION
Abstract
The study was designed to determine the effects of varying levels of biocharcoal on the growth
performance and Haematological parameters of West Africa Dwarf (WAD) rams. A total number of
fifteen (15) WAD rams were used with initial weight 20.00 0.2kg in a completely randomized
design. Five dietary concentrates were formulated with varying level of biocharcoal at control
level, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.0% as treatment 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Parameters determined
for growth performance included initial weight, final weight, weight gain and feed conversion ratio
(FCR). The parameters assessed for Haematological indices included packed cell volume (PCV),
Red Blood Cell (RBC), White Blood Cell (WBC) platelets, Haemoglobin, Lymphocytes,
Neutrophils, Monocytes, Eosinophils and Basophils. The Blood samples were collected at the end
of the feeding trial into anticoagulant bottles for Haematological determination. Data collected
were subjected to one way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results showed that the highest weight
gain (9.03kg) was recorded at WAD rams fed diets containing 2.0% inclusion of biocharcoal which
was significantly influenced (P
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