ABSTRACT
Eight weeks trial was carried out to investigate the effect of some phytogenic additives (tumeric, black pepper and cloves) on the blood serum metabolite of broiler chicken with a total of two hundred (200) broiler chicks. After the brooding stage, the birds were then randomly placed to six different pens and were given six different oral treatments (Tr1 for tumeric 1, Tr2 for cloves , Tr3 for black pepper, Tr4 for tumeric + cloves, Tr5 for tumeric + black pepper and Tr6 for control) and fed ad libitum. After the experiment, blood was collected and taken for analysis. The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design. Blood were collected from three birds each per replicate to determine serum biochemical response. The result obtained showed the effect of T1 (tumeric), T2 (cloves), T3 (black pepper), T4 (tumeric + cloves), T5 (tumeric + black pepper), T6 (control) administered to broiler chicken which reveals that there were no significant difference (p>0.05) in Urea, Cl-, Na+, K+ and creatinine but there were significant difference (p<0.05) in glucose and HCO3. Results also shows that the lipid profile of the broiler chicken were not significantly different (p>0.05) in the High Density Lipoprotein, Low Density Lipoprotein, but shows that there is significant difference (p<0.05) in triglyceride between T1(tumeric) and T6(control) and Total cholesterol . Furthermore, results shows that there were no significant difference (p>0.05) in Total Bilirubin and Conjugate Bilirubin . Meanwhile, the effect of the treatments on the blood protein revealed that there were no significant difference (p>0.05) in Globulin, Total protein and Albumin too. The observed differences, although statistically significant, were not large enough to pose a substantial risk on the broiler chickens' health or cause considerable damage.
