Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Harsha M, Jayachandran S, Sathyabama T, Selvaraj P, Balasundaram K and Sukumar K

Abstract:
In the present study, the influence of dietary gamma aminobutyric acid on the blood biochemical and antioxidant parameters of commercial broilers was studied. A total of 192, day-old straight-run broiler chicks (Vencobb) were divided into 4 treatment groups (T1, T2, T3 and T4) with four replicates of twelve chicks in each viz., T1 as control. T2, T3 and T4 groups were supplemented with dietary GABA at 25, 50 and 75 mg per kg feed, respectively. The birds were reared under standard management conditions for 5 weeks (mean THI=75.0). Blood was collected twice (3^rd and 5^th week) during the study for biochemical and antioxidant analysis. It was concluded that GABA could not exert its influence on any of the parameters of biochemical and antioxidant profile studied except calcium and albumin which were significantly higher in group T4 (75 mg) after 5 weeks age.