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This study investigated the growth performance and blood profile of 240 cockerel chickens on varying levels of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus Jacq ex fr.) in water and feed for 12 weeks. The birds were brooded for 3 weeks and thereafter sub-divided into eight treatment groups in a 2 x 4 factorial experimental layout consisting of 2 routes of administration (water and feed) each at 4 levels of inclusion (0, 5, 10 and 15 ml/litre of water and 0, 500, 750 and 1000 ppm, respectively). Each treatment contained 30 birds with three replications of 10 birds each. Data obtained were subjected to Completely Randomized Design. Birds on 1000 ppm and 15 ml inclusion levels of oyster mushroom in feed and water, respectively had the highest (P<0.05) final weight and weight gain, and the best feed conversion ratios of 3.16 and 3.19, respectively. The PCV, Hb, RBC, total protein and globulin of the cockerel chickens were highest (P<0.05) in the inclusion of oyster mushroom at 10 ml in a litre of water. The total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL and VLDL were lowest (P<0.05) in the cockerel chickens at the inclusion of 1000 ppm oyster mushroom in feed. Cockerel chickens at the inclusion of 15 ml and 750 ppm oyster mushroom in water and in feed, respectively recorded comparably highest HDL (49.50 mg/dL). It was concluded that administration of oyster mushroom in water and feed at 15 ml/litre and 750 ppm, respectively could be adopted in cockerel chickens’ production for improved growth performance and blood profile.

Rendimiento del crecimiento y perfil de la sangre de gallos jóvenes por la administración del champiñón ostra (Ostreatus pleurotus) en agua y alimento