EFFECT OF DIETARY ORANGE FLESH SWEET POTATO VINE AND Calopogonium mucunoides ON WEIGHT GAIN AND HEAMATOLOGY OF RABBIT BUCKS RAISED IN THE DERIVED SAVANNAH
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2022-10-23
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Animal Science Asosciation of Nigeria
Abstract
The study investigated the effect of Orangeflesh Sweet Potato (PV) vine on growth and hematology of rabbits raised in the derived Savannah.Twenty-four growing male rabbits were allocated to four treatment diets made up of pure concentrate (C), Calopogonium mucunoides (CM) (positive control), PV and a combination of CM and PV (PVCM) with the last 3 supplemented with 25grams of concentrate each. A thermohygrometer was used to measure the ambient temperature (AT) and relative humidity (RH) of the rabbit pen daily and THI was calculated using the recorded AT and RH. The animals' weight was measured once a week. The study lasted for eight weeks.AT (26.15°C - 35.07°C), RH (10.00% - 47.57%) and THI (23.05 - 38.05) differed significantly (p<0.05) across the weeks with the highest value on the 8th week. Animals fed C had the highest weight gain which was similar to those allocated to PV and PVCM but statistically different (p<0.05) from CM with the lowest weight gain. Treatment had significant effect (p<0.05) on the red blood cell count and packed cell volume of experimental animals with the exception of the control. This study concludes that Orangeflesh Sweet Potato vines (PV), alone or in combination with CM sustained the weight of the experimental animals with no adverse effect on their hematological parameters while THI indicated absence of heat stress.
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Calopogonium mucunoides, Orangeflesh Sweet Potato, Hematology, Derived Savannah, Temperature-Humidity Index
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Ajao, B.H., Babaniyi, G.G. and Hameed, K.O. (2022). Effect of dietary orange fleshsweet potato vine and calopogonium mucunoides on weight gain and heamatology of rabbit bucks raised in the derived savannah. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Congress of Animal Science Association of Nigeria - October 23 - 27, 2022 - Bauchi - Nigeria, 80 - 83.