Abstract:
The poultry industry is faced with many constraints, including the lack of data on local biological
blood parameters. These parameters are indicative of the breeding, feeding, environmental and
even genetic conditions on which the production and welfare of the animals strongly depend.
The objective of the work is to explore the hematological parameters of broilers and local
chickens for consumption in the city of Korhogo.To do this, a venous blood sample was taken
from 64 chickens including 32 local chickens and 32 apparently healthy broilers for a blood
count. The means of hematological parameters in broilers, except PCV, white blood cells and
eosinophils, and those in local chickens, except MCHC and eosinophils, are within the ranges of
the reference values. The mean value of red blood cell, hemoglobin and PCV of broilers and
hemoglobin and MCHC values from local chickens were significantly higher in males than in
females. The percentage of local chickens with anemia was 28.13% compared to 87.50% in
broilers. Both groups of chickens showed hyperleukocytosis and heterophilia. Some parameters
are within the reference ranges and others are not. They are generally higher in males than in
females. Similarly, they are higher in broilers than in local chickens |
