Haematological And Biochemical Values Of West African Dwarf (Wad) Goats Fed Cassava Peel And Blood Meal Based Diets.

ABSTRACT

The haemotological and some biochemical measurements of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats fed with four different diets were determined. Twelve (12) growing bucks aged 79 months with a mean live weight ranging between 6.5- 10kg were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments comprising (3) three animals per treatment in a complete randomized design (CRD), combining four (4) different diets (A,B,C and D) and blood collection was done oil the last day The animals were fed 0.40kg/head/day of the diets. The diet devoid of blood meal served as control (diet A) while cassava peel and blood meal based diets served as dietary treatment B, C and D respectively. Blood sample was collected by jugular vein puncture from the animals, and were placed into well labelled bottles containing Ethylene diamine tetracetic acid (EDTA) and into anticoagulant free well labelled bottles, blood samples containing EDTA were analyzed for White blood cell (WBC) count, ranging from 7.30 — 18.33 x Red blood cell (RBC) count, ranging 6.63 — 12.47 x 106p.l Pack cell and Haenmoglobin (Hb). The Red blood count and white blood count were not significantly different (P>0.05) iiilluenced by the dietary treatments. However significant differences