Influence of some hematological and biochemical blood characteristics in broiler chickens by adding different levels of artemisia powder.

Abstract

This study was conducted in the research unit of the Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University This study was conducted to find out the effect of adding different levels of artemisia powder on some hematological and biochemical blood traits in ROSS broiler chickens from 14 days old to 42 days old. While the birds of the second treatment were fed on a commercial diet, 4 gm of Artemisia powder/ kg was added to it, while the third treatment was added 5 gm of artemisia powder/ kg, and each treatment was divided into three replicates, each replicate containing 10 birds. At the end of the experiment, the birds were slaughtered and blood samples were collected to conduct the analyzes required for the study.The agglutination volume significantly increased P<0.05 in the treatment of 5 gm artemisia compared to the control treatment, while the blood lymphocytes had decreased significantly P<0.05 in the treatment of 4 gm artemisia compared to the control treatment, while the rest of the hematological characteristics of the blood were not affected by the addition of different levels of artemisia powder. The results also showed that the level of urea and creatinine decreased significantly (P<0.05) in the treatment of 4 g and 5 g compared to the control treatment, while the level of glucose increased significantly when adding 4 gm, compared to the control treatment. With the treatment of the control ,the results also showed a significant decrease in the rate of triglycerides in the 4g treatment compared to the control treatment which recoreded the highest value. The results also showed a significant increase (P<0.05) in the level of low-density lipoprotein when adding 5 gm of artemisia powder compared to the rest of the treatments, and adding artemisia powder at a rate of 4 g led to a significant increase in the level of high-density lipoprotein compared to the control treatment.