BREED INFLUENCE OF LOCAL CHICKEN ON THE LIPID INDICES OF BLOOD PLASMA AND EGG OF LAYERS (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected] Twenty strains of local laying birds of the Dominant Black (DBK), Frizzle Birds (FB), Naked-Neck (NK) and Normal feathers Birds (NB) each were used to access the breed influence of local chicken on plasma lipid and egg lipid profiles in layers. The experiment was laid out in a simple randomized design and result shows that significant differences exist in plasma and egg lipid profile as a result of breed's variation in laying birds. Total cholesterol (TC) in the yolk ranged from 602.0± 30.0 to 618.0± 30.0mg/dl and that of plasma TC ranged from 220.0± 25.0 to.360.0+30.0 mg/dl, while the value of Albumen TC were in traces and ranged from 6.0+2.0 to12.0+1.5mg/dl. While other parameters examined such as triglycerides, high density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein did not follow any logical pattern for scientific inference to be deduced.