Effect of feeding graded levels of broken rice on blood biochemical profile of white pekin ducks during second year of laying

Duck production in India-A review

“…In ducks, the level of glucose (106.05-208.80 mg/dl), total protein (2.71-6.33 g/dl), albumen (1.62-4.01 g/dl), globulin (1.25-4.46 g/dl), albumen: globulin ratio (0.43-0.63), calcium (7.23-19.90 mg/dl), phosphorus (3.37-8.68 mg/dl), triglycerides (294.10-297.70 mg/dl), cholesterol (133.92-244.45 mg/dl), urea (6.09-10.20 mg/dl), uric acid (8.07-8.32 mg/dl), creatinine (0.77-1.05 mg/dl), SGOT (22.57-27.99 µ/l), 21 units/ml), 43 U/L), SGPT (6.32-8.79 µ/l), 25 units/ml), alkaline phosphatise (17.52-32.24 KA units/100 ml) and total acid phosphatise (0.85-0.88 KA units/ 100 ml) were reported by the earlier workers (Mahanta et al 1997, Giri et al 2012, Joshi et al 2015, Mohanty et al 2015a, Naik et al 2020b. For Andaman local ducks, the haematological profiles reported were total leucocytes counts (13300.10 ×10 6 /L), lymphocytes (8.51×10 9 /L), heterophils (7.58 × 10 9 / L), heterophil/ lymphocyte ratio (0.89), total erythrocytes count (3.31 10 12 / L), haemoglobin (13.11 g/dl), PCV (56.78%), MCV (172.29 fl), MCH (59.88 pg) and MCHC (39.46 g/ dl); and the serum biochemical parameters were creatinine (2.4 mg/dl), alanine amino transferase (107.78 IU/l), alkaline phosphatase (52.44 IU/l), aspartate amino transferase (312.22 IU/l), cholesterol (202 mg/dl), HDL (119.22 g/dl), LDL (58.78 g/dl), calcium (13.67 mg/dl), total protein (5.56 g/dl) and albumen (2.21 g/ dl) (Sujatha et al 2021b).…”

“…Water soaked cassava tuber meals can replace the maize up to 40% without affecting the growth and production potential of White Pekin ducks (Sahoo et al 2014). The costly feed ingredient like wheat can be completely replaced by low cost broken rice to reduce the cost of production (Naik et al 2020a(Naik et al , 2020b(Naik et al , 2021. Cassava (tuber crops) can be included in the starter feed of WP ducks, replacing wheat up to 50% level without affecting the performance of the ducks (Naik 2022).…”

Effect of replacing wheat with broken rice on nutrients metabolisability, egg production and quality in White Pekin ducks

“…Moreover, the rations were balanced to be iso-nitrogenous by adjusting the amount of soybean meal in the ration. Earlier, it was reported that the complete replacement of wheat by broken rice in the diets of white Pekin ducks during second year of egg production had no affect on the egg quality and blood biochemical parameters (Naik et al 2020a(Naik et al , 2020b.…”

“…Besides, there are many advantages of duck rearing over chickens such as large sized eggs, early morning egg laying, hardiness to diseases, suitable to integrated farming, survivability in moist land, suitable for backyard farming, easily tamed, long production year, etc (Naik et al 2022a(Naik et al , 2022b. White Pekin ducks can be reared in rural areas with supplementation of locally available cereal based feed mixture for both egg and meat production (Sahoo et al 2014, Swain et al 2018, Naik et al 2020a, Naik et al 2020b. However, as ducks are more susceptible to aflatoxicosis , wheat based feed mixture is mostly preferred over maize based feed mixture, as maize is more prone to aflatoxin contamination than wheat.…”