Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Lantana Camara Oil on the Hamato-Biochemical and Immune Response of Sirohi Bucks

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate effect of supplementation of Lantana camara oil on haematological, serum and immune response of Sirohi male bucks. 40 healthy Sirohi bucks with 11.22 ± 0.21 kg initial body weight (8 months of age) were grouped into four treatments of ten bucks each. Goats in treatment 1(T1) was fed experimental diet without Lantana oil while those in T2, T3 and T4 received experimental diet supplemented with oil at 1 mL, 2mL and 3mL per kg diet. The experimental duration was 12 weeks, animals had free access to water and a completely randomized design was used. The major bioactive compound observed in Lantana camara oil include, β-Caryophyllene (30.61 %), Germacrene (16.88 %), Valencene (15.40 %), β-Linalol (10.50 %), β-Guaiene (7.11 %) and α-Pinene (6.90 %). In T3 and T4, haematocrit, total erythrocytes, haemoglobin, leucocytes, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, lymphocytes and monocytes were higher, it was intermediate in T2 and lower in T1 except for basophils and eosinophils count which were not affected (p˃0.05). Total protein, albumin, globulin, glucose and cholesterol were influenced by the treatment (p˂0.05) whereas, urea, creatinine, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate amino transferase were not significantly different. Immunoglobulin A, G and M value was lower in T1 than in T2, T3 and T4 (p˂0.05). In conclusion, all values recorded in this experiment fell within the reference range for clinically healthy bucks, indicating that supplementation of Lantana camara oil to the diet gas no adverse impact on their health status