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Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 24 (5):301-305,
2020.
Effect
of Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
supplement on histology of duodenum in Ross Broilers.
Ammar Hussein Areaer1, Zeaid Amad H Zeny2,
Ali Abdul Razak Al-Saeegh3, Aqeel Yousif Al-Shukri1
1,2,4Department of Animal Production,
College of Agriculture. University of Kufa,
3College of Medical Techniques, Al-Kafel University,
Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Areaer AH, Zeny
ZA, Razak Al-Saeegh AA, Al-Shukr AY., Effect of Hyacinth (Eichhornia
crassipes) on histology of duodenum in Ross Broilers,
Onl J Vet Res., 24
(5):306-312, 2020. Eichhornia crassipes, water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to
the Amazon basin often a highly invasive species outside its native range. In a
randomized completely block design study, four groups of 60 day old Ross 309
broilers each were fed basal diet of 10, 7.5, 5 and 2.5% wheat with 2.5, 5.0,
7.5 or 10.0% hyacinth powder respectively, daily for 5 weeks. Controls were fed
basal diet. By 5 weeks, birds were sacrificed for histology of duodenum.
Compared with controls, in broilers given
2.5% hyacinth we found shortened villi and hypertrophy mucosa but in those
given 5-10% hyacinth villi appeared elongated with mucosal degeneration,
necrotic submucosae, hypertrophy of mucosal glands and/or edema. Our findings
suggest that 5-10% hyacinth supplement given daily for 35 days could induce
severe mucosal duodenal damage in Ross broilers.
Key words: Hyacinth, toxicity, duodenum,
broilers.
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