European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

HAEMATOLOGICAL CHANGES IN BROILER UNDER EXTENSIVE, SEMI- INTENSIVE AND INTENSIVE CULTURE PRACTICES

Dr. Manveer Singh Kandari* and Pooja Agarwal

ABSTRACT

The present study was carried out on broiler to study the effect of extensive, semi-intensive and intensive condition of weight and hematological parameters for a period of 42 days (7 weeks). For this 30 one day old male broiler (babcobb breed) was divided into three equal groups:Experiment-I(Extensive condition),II(Semi-intensive condition) and III(Intensive condition or Control). At the end of every week (7th day), weight was measured and blood samples were collected from all experimental groups and hematological parameters viz, RBC,Hb,PCV,MCV,MCHC,WBC and ESR were analyzed. The results demonstrated that in experiment –III the weight of chicks increased more than experiment-I and II. In experiment-I decreased RBC,Hb,PCV and MCHC were recorded while increased MCV,WBC and ESR was observed in experiment-I and II. The results of an experiment-I and –II was statistically compared with Experiment-III by Graph pad prism 5 at different significant levels (P<0.001, P < 0.05, P<0.01 and P > 0.05 ns).

Keywords: babcobb breed, semi-intensive and intensive condition.