DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF ORGANIC CHROMIUM ON IMMUNE STATUS OF BROILERS AGAINST INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE
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2017-12
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Abstract
An experiment was conducted on broilers for a period of 6 weeks with one
hundred and twenty eight commercial, straight run day- old- chicks to study the influence of
dietary organic chromium on immunity towards IBD infection. The treatment group consisted
of basal diets (T1), 250 (T2), 500 (T3) and 750 (T4) μg organic chromium per kg basal diet.
Immunity against IBD was assessed by Quantitative agar gel precipitation test (QAGPT). The
geometric mean titre (GMT) value were recorded high in birds supplemented with 500 μg
organic chromium per kg diet (T3), followed by T2 and T4 groups. The mean titre values were
recorded high in T3 and T4 groups, followed by T2 group. Control group recorded the lowest
titre values. The results revealed that organic chromium supplementation significantly (P<
0.01) improved the QAGPT titre against IBD.
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TNV_IJSET_Y2017_V6_ I6_Pg3305 – 3308
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Veterinary Science