NUTRITIONAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON FRIESIAN CALVES FED PROTECTED FAT AND PROTEIN DIETS: 3. HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS.

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, AI- Mansourah University

2 Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center.

Abstract

The current work aimed to study the effect of feeding Friesian calves
protected fat and protein diets on blood biochemical parameters using 18 newborn
Friesian calves up to 8 months of age in 3 dietary treatment groups. The 151 group (C)
was fed untreated concentrate feed mixture (CFM), the 2nd was fed the control diet in
which 5% of CFM was replaced by protected fat (PF) and the 3~ was fed CFM treated
with 1 % formaldehyde (protected protein, PP). Results indicated that white and red
blood cells counts increased in PF and PP than C group. Frequency distribution of
lymphocytes increased (P<O.05) and monocytes decreased in PP than PF and C
groups. However, granulocytes did not differ significantly among groups.
Concentration of hemoglobin and PCV % increased (P<O.05) in PF and PP than C
group.

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Journal of Animal and Poultry Production
Volume 29, Issue 7
July 2004
Pages 3867-3876

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