Effect of Alternative Housing Systems on Blood Profile of Egg-type Chickens in Humid Tropics

Alabi, O. M.; Aderemi, F. A.; Adeniji, O. B.

doi:10.9734/ajea/2015/15291

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“…(2017) who showed that rearing systems did not have significant effects on the hematological parameters of birds. Alabi et al. (2015) confirmed that the hematological values (PCV, Hb, and RBCs) of the hens were not significantly affected by the housing system.…”

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Consequences of various housing systems and dietary supplementation of thymol, carvacrol, and euganol on performance, egg quality, blood chemistry, and antioxidant parameters

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The present work was carried out to investigate the influences of housing system and dietary essential oils ( EOs ) supplementation to laying hens on the productive performance, egg quality, immunity, antioxidant parameters, and hematology. A factorial arrangement (2 × 4) was performed, including 2 housing systems and 4 different types of EOs (without EOs, thymol, carvacrol, and euganol) during the production stages (from 28–78 wk of age). Birds were randomly divided into 2 groups with each of 2,000 birds. The first group was moved to laying cages while the second group was a floor reared. Each group was randomly divided into 4 groups (5 replicates of 100 birds each): The first were considered as a control group, and the second, third, and fourth groups were treated with thymol, carvacrol, and euganol EO, respectively. The results showed that hens reared in cage system had higher egg weight ( P < 0.05), egg production, egg mass, and feed intake and better feed conversion ratio ( P < 0.001) than those reared in the floor system. Blood picture values (except white blood cells), phagocytic index, phagocytic activity, and blood chemistry parameters (except calcium, phosphorus, and urea values) of laying hens were not affected ( P > 0.05) by housing system. The groups fed EOs showed a rapid improvement ( P < 0.001) in the egg production%, egg weight, egg mass, and egg quality. Thymol group had the highest egg production ( P < 0.001). Thymol and eugenol groups had the highest egg weight, egg mass, and egg quality ( P < 0.001). The groups fed diets containing thymol or eugenol consumed lower feed and had better feed conversion ratio ( P < 0.001) than the control group. Immunity indices (phagocytic activity [ P < 0.05], avian influenza [AIH5 and AIH9], P < 0.001) were improved with the presence of EOs in the laying hen diet. These results strongly suggest that dietary EO supplementation could be a successful attempt to improve the productive performance, egg quality, and immunity of laying hens.

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Consequences of various housing systems and dietary supplementation of thymol, carvacrol, and euganol on performance, egg quality, blood chemistry, and antioxidant parameters

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“…However, rearing area significantly affected WBCs, RBCs and Hb, while insignificant differences detected for hetrophils, lymphocyte and H/L ratio, although, the values obtained were within the range reported by Sogunle et al (2006). Accordingly, Alabi et al (2015) found that the hematological values of the hens were not significantly affected by the housing system.…”

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Evaluation of Floor vs. Cage System of Broiler Chickens Reared in Three Different Areas of Enclosed Houses on Productive and Physiological Performance

Abdel-Azeem

2019

EPSJ

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This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of two housing systems cage vs. floor on productive performance and physiological response of broiler chickens reared in three rearing areas in enclosed houses including side cooling (vent area) , middle and at the end of the house (fan area). A total number of 3120 chicks were randomly chosen for both housing systems, where enclosed houses of cage battery and floor systems having 83200 and 22500 birds respectively.The number of 3120 chicks were divided into two groups: the first was housed in cages (n=1560) and the second was housed on the floor house (n=1560). Birds were placed in three different rearing areas containing 520 birds each. Each area per housing system was replicated four times containing 130 birds each. Results showed that LBW, BWG, FI, FCR, livability and EPEF recorded significantly (P ≤0.05) higher values for birds housed in cages than birds housed on floor. However, the former traits showed better (P ≤0.05) results for birds placed in vent area than birds placed in middle and fan area. Housing systems or rearing areas significantly (P ≤0.05) affected total faecal microbial count, where the birds housed on floor and placed in fan area exhibited (P ≤0.05) higher values than birds housed in cages and placed in middle and vent areas. Antibody titer response detected against NDV for birds placed in vent and middle areas showed higher values than birds placed in fan area. It may be concluded that, rearing broiler chickens in cage system and placed in vent area were better in obtaining the highest productivity and physiological response compared with those reared on floor system and placed in middle and fan areas.

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“…The growth performance and blood indices of broiler chickens are crucial factors that determine the profitability and sustainability of poultry farming ( Alabi et al., 2015 ).…”

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Data analytics-based evaluation of blood indices and adaptation of medicated and non-medicated broiler chickens under humid tropical conditions

Alabi,

Aworinde,

Adebayo

et al. 2024

Translational Animal Science

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The growth performance and blood indices of medicated and non-medicated broiler chickens have been the subject of this research couple with a paucity of comparative information on what can actually happen to broiler chickens if not medicated when reared under humid tropical conditions. One hundred unsexed day-old broilers were randomly and equally allotted into two treatment groups of TM (medicated) and TN (non-medicated) in a completely randomized design (CRD) each treatment with five replicates having ten birds each. The birds were reared on deep litter system for 56 days which was divided into two phases of 28 days each (starter and finisher), during which data were collected with respect to daily feed intake (DFI), final body weight (FBW), body weight gained (BWG), mortality rate while blood analysis was carried out on 28th and 56th day for starter and finisher phases respectively. Non-medicated group served as control. Feed conversion ratio (FCR) and Feed conversion efficiency (FCE), were later calculated. Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance statistically.There was no significant difference between the medicated and non-medicated broilers for DFI, FBW and BWG and also for the blood parameters investigated at starter phase. However, at finisher phase, no significant difference was observed in the DFI of Tm and Tn but there was significant (p<0.05) difference in the FBW, BWG, FCR, FCE, and mortality rate between the two groups. Birds on Tm attained higher weight significantly (p<0.05) than those on TN. BWG, FCR, FCE followed the same trend and also the mortality rate. White blood cells count of TN was higher significantly (p<0.05) than TM while TM birds recorded higher packed cell volume (PCV), red blood counts (RBC) and haemoglobin concentration (Hb) significantly (p<0.05) than TM birds. Effect of medication was much noticeable at finisher phase as it improved the growth rate though mortality rate was close to that of TN group. These results suggest that broilers can be produced free of medication with good feeding without loss of birds while the growth rate can be enhanced with the use of prebiotics and prebiotics.

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Effect of Alternative Housing Systems on Blood Profile of Egg-type Chickens in Humid Tropics

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Consequences of various housing systems and dietary supplementation of thymol, carvacrol, and euganol on performance, egg quality, blood chemistry, and antioxidant parameters

Consequences of various housing systems and dietary supplementation of thymol, carvacrol, and euganol on performance, egg quality, blood chemistry, and antioxidant parameters

Evaluation of Floor vs. Cage System of Broiler Chickens Reared in Three Different Areas of Enclosed Houses on Productive and Physiological Performance

Data analytics-based evaluation of blood indices and adaptation of medicated and non-medicated broiler chickens under humid tropical conditions

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