December 2015 Vol. 3 No.11

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Original Research Article

Effects of Moringa Oleifera leaf meal inclusions on serum activities of hepatic marker enzymes and lipid profile of Anak 2000 broiler chicks

Akpet S. O.,¹ Ibekwe H. A.^1* and Onyeama H. P.²

¹Department of Animal Science, Cross River University of Technology, (CRUTECH)
²Zonal Veterinary Office Root Crop Research Institute Umudike Abia State

*Corresponding author. E-mail hyanwaneibe2008@yahoo.com

Accepted December 27, 2015

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the effects of Moringa oleifera leaf meal (Molm) inclusions on serum activities of hepatic marker enzymes and lipids profile of Anak 2000 broiler chicks. A total of 54 Anak 2000 broiler three weeks old chicks were randomly assigned into 3 treatments and 3 replicates of 6 birds each for the purpose of this study. Treatment 1 (control) received 0% Moringa oleifera leaf meal (Molm) while treatment 2 and 3 received 10% and 20% of Molm inclusions respectively. The treatment was terminated at the end of 6 weeks and blood sample collected, allowed to stand for one hour spun at 3000rpm for the collection of serum sample. The serum sample so collected was assayed for hepatic marker enzymes: alkaline phosphates (ALP), aspartate aminotransaminase, (AST) and alanine aminotransaminase, (ALT) activities and serum lipid profile. The result obtained showed significant (P<O.05) reduction in serum activity of AST and ALT in both 10% and 20% inclusions relative to control with no significant changes in ALP activity at 20% inclusion rate. The lipid profile on the hand showed a significant (p<0.05) reduction in serum triacylglycerol at both levels of inclusion but neither a significant (P>0.05) increase in total cholesterol nor a decrease in high density lipoprotein HDL-cholesterol at both levels of inclusion of Molm. The low density lipoprotein LDL-cholesterol was however significantly elevated at both levels of inclusion of Moringa oleifera leaf meal. The result suggests that Moringa oleifera leaf meal posses antihepatotoxic and hypotriacylglycerol effects in broiler chicks when added at 10% and 20% levels.

Keywords: Moringa oleifera, hepatic marker enzymes, lipid profile, broiler chicks