EFFECTS OF SULPHUR CONTAINING AMINO ACID AND COPPER ON GROWTH AND HEMATOBIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN BROILER

Abstract

The present research was undertaken on “Cobb 500 (Nourish Farms)” broilers to observe the effect of copper and sulphur containing amino acid on growth (body weight and organ weight), hematological (TEC, ESR, PCV and Hb) and biochemical parameters e.g. aspertate amino transferase (AST) and alanine amino transferase (ALT) of growing broilers. Twenty one days old of 20 broilers were assigned into 4 groups (n=5) – T0, T1, T2 and T3. Birds of group T0 was considered as control and fed with only standard commercial broiler ration, Group T1 was supplemented with 10% amino acid, Group T2 with copper sulfate (400 ppm) and Group T3 was treated with 10% amino acid and copper sulfate (400 ppm). Pure drinking water was made available for the birds. Both the body and selective organ/weights increased significantly (p<0.05)/5 in group T1 and T2. The haematological parameters like total erythrocyte count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, packed cell volume and haemoglobin content increased significantly (p<0.01) in all treated groups. Significantly decreased (p<0.01) Aspertate amino transferase and Alanine amino transferase are observed in group T2. The results of the present work revealed that copper sulfate and sulphur containing amino acid supplementation have positive effect on growth and haematological parameters (total erythrocyte count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, packed cell volume and haemoglobin content) and serum amino transferases.