Study on blood biochemistry and histomorphology of various organs in broiler chicken fed duckweed (Lemna minor) based diet with or without enzyme supplementation

摘要

An experiment was taken up to study the impact of (DW) duckweed (Lemna minor) based diet on blood biochemistry and histomorphology of liver, small intestine and kidneys of broiler chicken with or without enzyme supplementation. One hundred fifty one week old broiler chicks were weighed and distributed in a completely randomized design into 5 treatments (each replicated 3 times) viz. TC (Control-basal diet), T5 and T5E containing 5 DW with or without the use of enzyme respectively, T10 and T10E containing 10 DW with or without the use of enzyme respectively. The blood biochemistry like total protein, albumin, AST, ALT and BUN was similar in each treatment except glucose which significantly (p<0.05) increased with enzyme supplementation. Histomorphology of the liver, intestine and kidneys of birds fed various levels of DW with or without the use of enzyme supplementation showed no variation from normal structure. In conclusion DW upto 10 level can be used in the feed of broiler birds without any harmful effect on the blood biochemistry and histomorphological parameters of the liver, small intestine and kidneys.