Effect of Age and Sex on Haematological Profile of Kadaknath Fowl Reared Under Intensive System

Preeti Ekka; Mohan Singh; K. Mukherjee; Deepti Kiran Barwa; Chandrahas Sannat; Asit Jain

Authors

Preeti Ekka Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, INDIA
Mohan Singh Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, INDIA
K. Mukherjee Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, INDIA
Deepti Kiran Barwa Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, INDIA
Chandrahas Sannat Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, INDIA
Asit Jain Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, INDIA

Keywords:

Age, Female, Haematological, Male

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the haematological parameters at different age groups of male and female Kadaknath fowl, maintained in the poultry unit of College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg Chhattisgarh, reared under intensive farming system using standard feeding and management practices. For this study the blood samples were taken from 15 male and 15 female birds at 8, 12, 24, 40 and 48 weeks of age. The values for packed cell volume (PCV), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), total erythrocyte count (TEC), total leucocytes count (TLC), haemoglobin (Hb), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and differential leukocyte count (DLC) were assessed. Effect of age in PCV, TEC, TLC, lymphocyte, heterophill, monocyte, eosinophill, Hb, MCV, MCH and MCHC were significant (p<0.05). However, no significant (p>0.05) age difference was observed in basophill. In general all the haematological parameters showed increasing trend with advancement of age. Effect of sex was found significant for eosinophill, lymphocyte, Hb, MCHC, PCV and heterophill; and these values were higher in males than in females.