This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementing cassava pulp with cocoa pod and acacia leaf on blood metabolites of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats. Twenty-eight WAD bucks aged 5 months with an average body weight of 7.00 ±0.2kg were used in a completely randomized experiment. The goats were randomly assigned to seven dietary treatments in different ratios of 0:60:40 (T1); 10:50:40 (T2); 20:40:40 (T3); 30:30:40 (T4); 40:20:40 (T5); 50:10:40 (T6) and 60:0:40 (T7) g/kg DM respectively. Data collected was subjected to analysis of variance using SPSS. The results obtained shown that the highest packed cell volume (PCV) was obtained from treatment 1(26.83%) followed by treatment 2 (23.40%) and treatment 3 (22.27%). Haemoglobin concentration was highest in treatment 1 (11.40g/dl), followed by treatment 2 (11.15g/dl) and treatment 3 (10.37g/dl). At the end of the experiment, there was a sharp decline in the PCV values of the goats in treatments 5, 6 and 7. Haemoglobin concentration values followed a similar trend. Red blood cell (RBC) values significantly (p<0.05) decreased as the levels of inclusion of cocoa pod increased. Total protein and albumin ranged from 7.23 to 5.00 (g/dl) and 3.70 to 2.10 (g/dl) respectively and were significantly different. The study revealed that supplementing cassava pulp with cocoa pod and acacia leaf at combinations of 0% cocoa pod, 60% cassava pulp and 40% acacia leaf to 20% cocoa pod, 40% cassava pulp and 40% acacia leaf had no negative effects on blood profile of West African dwarf goats.

This study investigated the effects of feeding ensiled graded combinations of cocoa pod, cassava pulp and Acacia leaf on haematological and serum biochemical of West African Dwarf goats. In the bid to control environmental pollution, the wastes of cocoa and cassava were applied as alternative feed ingredients for the goat in spite of its low nutrients’ quality and digestibility. A total of Twenty-eight (28) WAD goats (bucks), aged 4 to 5 months with average body weight of 7.00±0.2kg was used in a completely randomized design for a 45 days study to evaluate the blood profiles of goats fed diet combinations (0:60:40) to (60:0:40). The results revealed significant differences in some of the blood parameters measured among the treatments. The red blood cell, packed cell volume and haemoglobin ranged from 4.90-7.87x106/ul, 19.25-26.83% and 7.33-11.15g/L respectively. The concentrations of mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration varied significantly (p < 0.05), white blood cell (5.57-9.75x109L) were comparable and lymphocytes (%) ranged from 43.85-55.67. For serum biochemistry, values obtained for total protein and albumin with sodium followed the same trend while cholesterol, urea, creatinine and glucose followed the same trend. Alanine amino transferase, Aspartate aminotransferase and Alkaline phosphatase varied significantly (p<0.05) among the treatment groups. Since the parameters measured were within the normal range for goats’ blood profile, combinations of cocoa pod, cassava pulp with acacia leaves in the ratio of 0:60:40 to 20:40:40 as browse plants do not have any deleterious effect on the health of the animals.