Effects of Feeding Graded Levels of Distillers Dried Grains with Soluble (DDGS) With or Without Supplementation of Multi-enzymes on Blood Bio-Chemical Constituents of Indigenous Chicken

Abstract

An investigation was conducted using distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS) at 0, 10 and 20% levels with or without enzymes supplementation in the diets of indigenous chicken to study its effect on different blood bio-chemicals parameters. A total of one hundred and eighty 21 days-old indigenous chicks were divided into six groups viz. T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6 containing 30 chicks in each group. The birds of T1 (control) and T2 groups were offered the standard chick, grower & layer feeds as per BIS, 2007 without and with multi-enzymes (Xzyme), respectively. The birds of T3, T4, T5 and T6 groups were fed the rations containing 10% DDGS without and with enzymes and 20% DDGS without and with enzymes, respectively.  The feeding trial was conducted for a period of 13 fortnights. The average levels of different blood parameters, estimated at the end of the experiment, viz. haemoglobin, glucose, serum protein, lipid, cholesterol, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), calcium and phosphorus were ranged from 9.96+0.20 to 10.91+0.24 g/dl,  185.08+0.54 to 188.67+1.86 mg/dl, 3.05+0.17 to 3.32+0.09 g/dl, 72.45+0.29 to 72.96+0.49 mg/dl, 130.91+0.59 to 133.71+2.07 mg/dl, 71.66+0.44 to 72.28+0.40 U/L, 11.42+0.32 to 11.93+0.12 U/L, 10.16+0.44 to 10.81+0.29 mg/dl and 4.93+0.11 to 5.94+0.14 mg/dl respectively, among the birds of different groups. Non-significant (p>0.05) differences were observed in respect of average values of different blood parameters among the treatment groups except for blood inorganic phosphorus. Significant (p<0.05) difference was observed in serum inorganic phosphorus levels between T1 with all other treatment groups.  Thus, based upon the results of this experiment, it can be concluded that the incorporation of DDGS up to 20% level in the diets of indigenous chicken did not have any adverse effect on the blood bio-chemical constituents of experimental birds.