Open Access
Research
(Published
online: 13-02-2017)
7.
Sex-related differences in hemato-biochemical
indices of adult Vanaraja chickens during summer and winter
seasons -
Kuldeep Kumar Panigrahy, Kumaresh Behera, Lal Mohan Mohapatra,
Aditya Prasad Acharya, Kamdev Sethy, Sasmita Panda and Shailesh
Kumar Gupta
Veterinary World, 10(2): 176-180
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2017.176-180
Kuldeep Kumar Panigrahy:
Division of Livestock Production and Management, ICAR - National
Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal - 132 001, Haryana,
India.
Kumaresh Behera:
Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of
Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar - 751 003,
Odisha, India.
Lal Mohan Mohapatra:
Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of
Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar - 751 003,
Odisha, India.
Aditya Prasad Acharya:
Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Sciences
and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha, India.
Kamdev Sethy:
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Sciences and
Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha, India.
Sasmita Panda:
Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of
Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar - 751 003,
Odisha, India.
Shailesh Kumar Gupta:
Division of Livestock Production and Management, ICAR - National
Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
Received: 23-10-2016, Accepted: 13-01-2017, Published online:
13-02-2017
Corresponding author:
Kuldeep Kumar Panigrahy, e-mail: kul.pani42@gmail.com
Citation:
Panigrahy KK, Behera K, Mohapatra LM, Acharya AP, Sethy K, Panda
S, Gupta SK (2017) Sex-related differences in hemato-biochemical
indices of adult Vanaraja chickens during summer and winter
seasons,
Veterinary World,
10(2): 176-180.
Abstract
Aim:
The objective of this study was to
evaluate the changes in hemato-biochemical indices in male and
female Vanaraja chickens under tropical environment during summer
and winter season.
Materials and Methods:
A total of 120 day-old sexed
Vanaraja chicks were selected as experimental chickens and
distributed equally in two groups having 60 female and 60 male
chickens in each group, respectively. The experiment was continued
for 8 weeks (56 days) and both male and female chickens were
slaughtered by cervical dislocation method. All parameters were
estimated at the end of the experiment in both seasons.
Results:
Male had higher blood glucose, Ca
and P level. Blood glucose level significantly (p<0.05) reduced in
summer. Female had higher total protein, albumin, globulin, and
albumin/globulin ratio. Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate
aminotransferase enzyme concentration were significantly (p<0.05)
higher in summer. Total erythrocyte count, total leukocyte count,
hemoglobin (Hb), Hb/lymphocyte ratio, and packed cell volume were
significantly (p<0.05) higher in males. Mean corpuscular volume
and mean corpuscular Hb were significantly (p<0.05) higher in
females.
Conclusion:
Sex of chickens had a significant
(p<0.05) effect on different parameters whereas season had
nonsignificant (p>0.05) effect in most of the observed parameters.
Hence, Vanaraja chickens are adaptable to local tropical climate
and can be reared efficiently as backyard poultry.
Keywords:
indices, season, tropical climate, Vanaraja chicken, welfare.
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