Erythrocyte Osmotic Stability and Whole Blood Viscosity Profiles Two Breeds of Meat-Type Chicken Fed Dietary Inclusion of Composite Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) Peels

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A fifty-six (56) day feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effect of sweet orange peels on the erythrocyte osmotic stability and whole blood osmotic profiles two breeds of meat-type chicken. 192 day-old chicks were randomly allocated to four (4) dietary treatments with each treatment replicated three (3) times in a 4 x 2 factorial experiment using a Completely Randomized Design. Four on-farm feed were formulated to contain 0% (control), 2.5%, 5.0%, and 7.5% inclusion level of CSOP. Each of the treatment had 48 birds comprising of 24 Arbor Acre (AA) and 24 Cobb500 (Cb) breeds such that each of the replicates had 8birds for AA and Cb, respectively. All data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the aid of SPSS. Significant differences were compared using Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. Observed results showed that breed and interaction effects were not significantly (P> 0.05) different. Dietary effect was not significantly (P> 0.05) different in whole blood viscosity except for red blood osmotic stability which was significantly (P< 0.05) different between 0.70% to 0.90% saline concentrations It was concluded that the inclusion of 7.50% CSOP in the diets of broiler would significantly improve red blood osmotic stability, thereby improve livability of the two breeds of meat-type chicken.