Haematological studies on frizzled and naked neck genotypes of Nigerian native chickens

Abstract

Variation in haematological parameters of Nigerian native chickens was studied using 60 clinically normal frizzle-feathered, naked-neck, and normal-feathered native chickens. These included red blood cell count, haemoglobin, packed cell volume, white blood cell count, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, serum glucose, urea, cholesterol, albumin, globulin and creatinine. Normal-feathered birds had higher (p<0.05) mean values compared to frizzled and native neck genotypes except for albumin, red blood and white blood cells, and mean cell haemoglobin concentration. Males generally had higher mean values than their female counterparts across all genotypes. Correlation coefficients among the parameters were significant (p<0.001) with r values ranging from 0.26 between red blood cell and mean corpuscular haemoglobin to 0.92 between red blood cell and cholesterol. Sufficient genetic variation therefore exists for haematological parameters among Nigerian native chickens that may represent indicator traits for further study. However, the application of molecular tools will provide better understanding and application of these differences.

Comparative study of growth traits and haematological parameters of Anak and Nigerian heavy ecotype chickens fed with graded levels of mango seed kernel (Mangifera indica) meal

“…The non-significant changes of RBC and indices related to it in all the treatments imply that there was neither destruction nor changes in the rate of production of RBCs. Haematological parameters obtained fell within the normal values reported by Peters et al (2011). This clearly points to the fact that birds in all the treatments performed their normal phagocyte functions and MKM did not cause any toxic effect.…”

“…Although, the Anak breed was significantly heavier than the NHLE chicken, both showed a great potential by achieving BW above 1.5 kg by the eighth week. The final BW (1.8-2.12 kg) for Anak breed and (1.50-1.9 kg) for the NHLE chicken were within the range of 1.82-2.12 kg and 0.9-2.5 kg obtained by Peters et al (2011) and Egena et al (2014), respectively. The results of the present study agree with the findings of Teguia and Beynen (2004), who reported that broilers fed on diet containing mango kernel had higher BWG at lower levels of inclusion but at variance with the findings of Diarra et al (2010) who reported a higher BWG at higher (60 %) level of inclusion.…”

“…The blood was collected in sample bottles containing ethylene diamine-tetra acetic acid (EDTA) which served as anticoagulant. Haematological indices were estimated using standard procedures for haemoglobin (Hb), red blood cells (RBC), packed cell volume (PCV) and white blood cells (WBC) contents as well as others such as mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH); mean corpuscular volume (MCV) were obtained by calculation according to Peters et al (2011).…”

Haematopoetic effect of methanol extract of Nigerian honey bee (Apis mellifera) propolis in mice

“…According to Peters, et al [21], previous reports stated that haematocrite, haemoglobin and MCH are major indices for evaluating circulatory erythrocytes, and are significant in the diagnosis of anaemia and also serve as useful indices of the bone marrow capacity to produce RBC as in mammals [22].…”

Effect of Ethanolic Extract of Pulverized Mangifera indica (Mango) Seed Kernel on Some Hematological Parameters in Normal and Monosodium Glutamate-Intoxicated Rats

“…This indicated that the overriding potential of MSKE to improve the PCV value could not affect the MSG-induced effect on the PCV value of the rats. Increased PCV value suggested potential increase in RBC production or erythropoiesis resulting to polycythaemia [47,48,51,62,63] as noted in this study; decreased thrombotic events or cardiovascular mortality [50] ; higher protection on the integrity of erythrocytes by boosting their volume percentage in the blood [50] ; improved transport of oxygen and absorbed nutrients [28,30] . The PCV value of the control in this study compared with that in earlier studies [48,62] .…”