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Haematological and serum indices of goat fed fungi treated
Jatropha curcas kernel cake in a mixed ration
M. A. Belewu* and F. O. Ogunsola
Microbial Biotechnology and
Dairy Science Laboratory, Department of Animal Production,
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author.
E-mail:
milkyinka@yahoo.com. Tel:
234-8035817941, 234-8020594079.
Accepted 7 January, 2010 |
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The study evaluates the
efficacy of fungi (Aspergillus niger and
Trichoderma longibrachitum) treated Jatropha curcas
kernel cake in a mixed ration on percentage packed cell
volume, red blood cell, white blood cell, haemoglobin,
lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophil, basophil, neutrophil,
urea, creatinine, aspertate amino transferase, alanine
phosphateses and alanine transference of goat. The West
African dwarf goat (n = 15) were randomized against the
experimental diets {(Diet A, control; B (50% soybean cake
+50% A. niger treated Jatropha kernel cake); C
(100% A. niger treated J. curcas kernel cake);
D (50% soybean cake + 50% T. longibrachiyum treated
J. curcas kernel cake) and E (100% T. longibrachiyum
treated J. curcas kernel cake)} in a completely
randomized design model for a 70 day period. Feeding and
watering were given freely throughout the study. Blood was
collected from the goats every fortnightly at the jugular
vein. The results revealed an increase in the creatinine
content of the animals fed diets B and E compared to other
diets. The urea content of the blood followed similar trend.
Contrarily, the red blood cell was higher in control diet A
and diet D. The packed cell volume ranged between 20 and
29%. Neutrophyl was significantly higher in diets B, C and D
compared to diets A and E which are similar (p > 0.05). The
positive presentations show that the fungi treated J.
curcas kernel cake could have reduced most of the
anti-nutrients, revealing that the biological processing of
the cake is very promising.
Key words: Aspergillus niger, Trichoderma longibrachitum,
Jatropha curcas kernel cake, blood parameters. |
