Ahmed Ali Kadhem Al-Salhi (1) *
(1). Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture and Marshes, University of Thi-Qar, Iraq
(*Corresponding author: Ahmed Ali Kadhem Al-SalhiEmail- ahmed.a.k.alsalhi@gmail.com)
Received: 26/05/2021 Accepted: 29/07/2021
Abstract
The current study was conducted in the poultry field belonging to the department of animal production at the faculty of Agriculture at Al-Muthanna University for a period from 25/10/2017 to 6/12/2017 for 42 days, to find out the effect of using aqueous extract of nettle leaves on some blood parameters of broilers. In this experiment, 240 one-day-old chicks of broiler (Ross308), with an average weight of 43 grams, were randomly grown on four treatments at 60 chicks/treatment, with three replications per treatment (20 chicks/replicate), and were raised in cages for each cage of 1.5 x 1 m2 and the four experimental treatments included: The first treatment, T1, the control treatment, which was devoid of any addition, and the other three treatments (T2, T3, and 4T) the aqueous extract of nettles leaves was added to each treatment with three different levels (10, 15, 20) ml/liter of drinking water, respectively. The results indicated a significant decrease (P<0.05) in the level of cholesterol, triglycerides and uric acid, and a significant improvement (P<0.05) in the activity of ALP, Phosphorus and Calcium. We did not notice significant differences (P>0.05) in each of glucose, HDL and LDL in the aqueous extract of nettle leaf treatments in comparison with the control treatment.
Keywords: Urtica dioica, nettles, aqueous extract, physiological characteristics, blood parameters, broiler.
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