EFFECT OF DIETARY INCORPORATION OF SPENT CUMIN SEEDS (Cuminum cyminum) ON SERUM LIPID PROFILE IN BROILERS

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 41 - 43
• Main Authors: A. Ramadevi, P. Gangadevi, K.Shyama, K. Ally, M.T. Dipu, P.Anitha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Director of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University 01.01.2018
• Subjects: broiler; cumin seeds; lipid profile
• ISSN: 0971-0701; 2582-0605

Cumin seeds(Cuminum cyminum Linn) is an annual plant of the family Umbelliferne with antifungal, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Traditionally, it is used as a food additive for increasing the flavour of different food preparations. It is used for various ayurvedic medicine preparations and the spent cumin is available in large quantities in ayurvedic pharmaceuticals in Kerala. Hence,the present study was carried outto assess the effect of dietary incorporation of spent cumin on serum lipid profile in broilers at 5 and 10 per cent in standard broiler ration. One hundred and fifty numbers, day old broiler chicks (vencobb-400) having body weight 50 ± 4 gram were used for the experiment. Birds were divided into three groups of five replicatesand ten chicks in each replicate. All the birds were fed according to BIS, 2007. Birds of T1 fed on standard broiler ration (SBR) as control, T2 and T3 on SBR containing 5 and 10 per cent spent cumin, respectively and reared for a period of 42 days. The result revealed that birds fed with T3 (SBR containing 10 per cent spent cumin seeds) showed significant (p < 0.05) increase in serum HDL cholesterol level.