Research On The Effect Of A Dietary Supplement On Growth And Erythrogram In Pigeons

Pigeon breeding is an activity with tradition in Romania, because their meat is a very valuable food product. The aim of the current paper is to investigate the effect of a dietary supplement (containing trace elements, vitamins and amino acids) used by pigeon fanciers for growing pigeon chicks. Another goal is to investigate whether the dietary supplement has effects on the erythrogram of pigeon chicks. The obtained results showed that the dietary supplement, due to its components, determined an intensification of the growth rate of pigeon chicks, so it can be used successfully for this purpose. Regarding the erythrogram, there were observed significant increases in the number of erythrocytes and hemoglobin (which demonstrates an intensification of erythropoiesis) and decreases in MCV and MCH (which demonstrates that the intensification of erythropoiesis is accompanied by the installation of microcytosis and hypochromia).