Haematological and serum biochemical indices of broiler chickens fed diets containing red finger millet (Eleucine coracana) with and without phytase enzyme

Abstract

The effect of feeding diets containing red finger millet with and without phytase (Ronozyme®) enzyme supplementation on haematological and biochemical indices of broiler chickens was evaluated. Five hundred and forty chickens were used and allotted to 10 treatments with each treatment having 3 replicates containing 18 chickens each with and without enzyme (Ronozyme®) supplementation at the rate of 100g/100 kg diet in a Completely Randomized Designed (CRD). Treatment 1 had enzyme without finger millet, T 2, 3, 4 and 5 with enzyme and finger millet, T 6 without enzyme and finger millet, T 7, 8, 9 and 10 with finger millet without enzyme. Only Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and creatinine were significantly (P<0.05) affected by red finger millet in biochemistry indices. However, haematological parameters were not affected by red finger millet across the dietary treatments with and without enzyme supplementation. It can therefore, be concluded that red finger millet is safe to be incorporated in to broiler chickens’ diet without causing any deleterious effect on the health of the broiler chickens.