Anthropometric and Biochemical Assessment of Yahauri Spice Meal-Based Diet on Selected Tissues of Female Wistar Rats

Abstract

Feed, anthropometric and biochemical assessment of Yahauri spice meal-based diet on selected tissue of female Wistar rats was evaluated in the present study. Yahauri spices comprises ablend of eleven spices which were dried, pulverized and compounded into  animal feeds at inclusion levels of 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% inclusion levels. Thirty-five rats were grouped
into seven and were fed on basal (control) diet, the five inclusion levels of the spice and standard group respectively. The Feed intake {FI}, Feed Conversion Ratio {FCR}, Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER), Body Weight Gain {BWG}, Body Mass Index {BMI}, Liver and kidney function indices and enzymes were estimated using standard methods. Results of FI, FCR, PER, BWG and BMI of rats fed on the spice diet compared favourably (p > 0.05) with the control and the standard drug at all inclusion levels. Likewise, the liver and kidney function indices as well as the liver enzymes also had no significant difference (p > 0.05) in those fed the diet inclusion when compared with the control. Overall, Yahauri spice might improve the nutritional status at the inclusions levels used and it is relatively safe.