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Haematological and Electrolyte Constituents of Scavenging Muscovy Ducks (Cairina moschata) in Makurdi, North-Central Nigeria

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Animal Breeding and Physiology, College of Animal Science, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, P.M.B. 2373, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
  • 2Department of Animal Breeding and Physiology, College of Animal Science, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, P.M.B. 2373, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
  • 3Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, P.M.B. 2373, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Res. J. Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sci., Volume 11, Issue (1), Pages 14-20, May,24 (2023)

Abstract

The study investigated the haematological and electrolyte constituents of scavenging Muscovy ducks in Makurdi, Benue state, North-Central Nigeria to assess their health and stress status. A total of 20 apparently healthy adult Muscovy ducks (10 birds per sex) reared on scavenging system were used for the study. Two sets of blood samples were collected from each duck at point of sacrificing and analysed for haematological and electrolyte constituents. The result showed that sex did not significantly (P>0.05) influence all the parameters studied with values that were comparable to other works. The overall mean haemato-biochemical values from this study were 2.00x1012/L (red blood cell), 35.85% (packed cell volume), 19.24 g/dL (haemoglobin), 98.43pg (mean corpuscular haemoglobin), 57.21 g/dL (mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration), 187.38 fL (mean corpuscular volume), 132.00x109/L (platelets), 14.56x109/L (white blood cell), 43.55% (heterophils), 1.85% (eosinophils), 52.55% (lymphocytes), 2.05% (monocytes), 0.92 (heterophil/lymphocyte ratio), 2.16mg/dL (calcium), 157.00 mmol/L (sodium), 7.87mmol/L (potassium), 112.17mmol/L (chloride), and 9.37 mg/dL (phosphate). Therefore, the haematological and electrolyte constituents of the scavenging Muscovy ducks studied in comparison with available literature on healthy ducks possibly indicated normal health and low stress status of the birds.

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