Vermiculax drug effect on blood parameters, immune response, calcium and phosphorus, and weight of laying hens

Abstract

This paper presents the experiment on 160 laying hens of the white Leghorn breed divided into 4 groups. Group I (taken as a control group) was given a basic diet (OR). Group II had OR + Vermiculax at a dosage of 30 mg per 1 kg of the laying hen weight. Group III had OR + Vermiculax at a dosage of 37 mg per 1 kg of the laying hen weight. Group IV consumed OR + Vermiculax at a dosage of 44 mg per 1 kg of the laying hen weight. According to the results of the study, we came to the following conclusions. The drug Vermiculax increases the content of erythrocytes (by 21.45%) and hemoglobin (by 4.94%), which indicates the prevention of anemia, increases the index of total protein by 30.57%, calcium by 0.7% and inorganic phosphorus in the blood by 4.16%. Thus, it affects phagocytic processes, increases the immune response and absorption processes; increases the activity of macrophages and affects the process of degranulation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils, which in turn increases lysozyme activity by 3.9%. This is a sign of strengthening the natural antibacterial barrier. There is an increase in the retention of calcium in the body by 115.32% and phosphorus by 107.94% (on the 30th day of the study). In addition, increased retention of calcium by 8.3% and phosphorus by 8.5% (on the 180th day of the study) was observed. There is an increase in the deposition of calcium in the body by 132.8% and phosphorus by 133.45% (on the 30th day of the study), and increased retention of calcium by 66.36% and phosphorus by 66.4% (on the 180th day of the study). There is a high dynamic in weight gain by the second month of the study (increased by 21.88%), as well as a decrease in the level of feed consumption per weight gain of 1 kilogram by 13.33%.