Pathological changes in Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) deoiled seed cake induced toxicity in broiler chicken and its amelioration Sirisha P.1, Kumar A. Anand*,1, Anjaneyulu Y.1, Madhuri D.1 1Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, A.P. *Corresponding author E-mail: aakumar7@rediffmail.com
Abstract The effect of quantitatively replacing 5 percent of sunflower meal with Jatropha deoiled seed cake [JSC] for 6 weeks was evaluated in broiler chicken. JSC was fed to two groups for 6 weeks at different intervals and ameliorative agents, activated charcoal @ 0.1% and gentian violet @ 0.05% were fed to four groups at different intervals for 6 weeks. JSC in diet reduced average feed intake, body weight gain and feed conversion ratio. The clinical signs of inappetance, depression, loss of body weight, lower feed consumption, profuse greenish diarrhoea, pasty vent and restricted movement were observed in birds of JSC fed groups which were well correlated with the pathological findings and same were improved in diets with ameliorative agents. The gross and histopathological changes in various organs of chicks of JSC fed group varied with duration of toxicity. Incorporation of ameliorative agents had considerable ameliorating effects on the histopathological lesions in various organs, with minimal to mild lesions at different intervals of the study. However, complete amelioration of toxicity could not be observed. Top Keywords Amelioration, Jatropha deoiled seed cake, Pathological changes. Top |