EFFECTS OF FEEDING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FLAXSEED ON PERFORMANCE TRAITS AND BLOOD PARAMETERS IN BROILER.

Abstract

This study was aimed to investigate the effect of feeding different levels offlaxseed supplementation in the diet of broiler chicks on some productionparameters and hematological parameters. A total of 150 (one day old) Rosschicks were randomly divided into three equal groups, control group (Group 1)was fed on basal diet without flaxseed supplementation, treatment group (Group2) was fed diet supplemented flaxseed in the level of 5% and (Group 3) was feddiet supplemented with flaxseed in the level of 10% for 42 days. The resultsrevealed significant (p<0.05) increase of weekly body weight andimprovement of feed conversion ratio of treatment groups compared withcontrol group and significant (p<0.05) increased of RBC count, WBC countand PCV %. While there were no- significant differences in Hb concentrationbetween control and treatment groups.