IOSR-JAVS   Volume-2 ~ Issue-2 ~ Jan-Feb-2013

ABSTRACT:Eighty day old mixed breed and indigenous turkey poults were investigated to analyse the influence of feeding Palm kernel cake (PKC) diet on haematology and blood chemistry. The diets were 1, 2, 3, and 4 containing 0, 10, 20 and 30% inclusion levels of PKC in the starter phase. The blood samples were obtained from the control and treatment turkeys at the end of the exposure period. While haemoglobin, packed cell volume, total protein, albumin, globulin and alanine amino transferase showed no significant differences (P> 0.05) among the diets, aspartate amino transferase (AST), cholesterol and total red blood cells (RBC) showed significant differences (P<0.05) across the diets. Provided the dietary requirements are met, PKC can be incorporated up to a level of 30% in turkey rations without adverse effects on their health.
Key words: Turkey poults, Palm kernel cake, Blood chemistry. Meleagris gallopavo

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ABSTRACT:Seasonal incidence of insect pests of soybean will be recorded from field during kharif 2010.Soybean variety JS-93-05 will be sown on 3th July 2010. In this experiment numbers of plants infested by girdle beetle and the number of caterpillar pests and natural enemies will be counted from ten randomly selected places (in one meter row-length ). to record the observations on sucking pests, insect population will be recorded from randomly selected twenty plants on which five leaves taken three from upper and two from bottom in each at ten days interval.
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