The present study aimed to determine the effects beetroot juice (Beta vulgaris) on performance and Blood-biochemical parameters of Kadaknath birds raised under farm conditions. Present investigation was carried out on Kadaknath chickens aged 6 weeks at poultry unit of Livestock farm complex, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Navania, Udaipur (Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences) India. There were three treatment groups, each of which had four replicates and ten chicks. Beetroot juice was added to the birds’ drinking water daily in quantities of 0 ml (T1) served as control, 15 ml (T2), and 25 ml (T3) for a period of six weeks. Each treatment group had an impact on body weights, weight gain, and feed conversion efficiency that was statistically significant (p <0.05). At six weeks of age, the treatment group T3 had the highest body weight, highest weight gain, and the best FCR. Treatment effects on packed cell volume (PVC), hemoglobin (Hb) and red blood cells (RBC) were significant (p <0.05) with T3 having the highest values of 41.33%, 11.05 g/dL and 3.72 × 106 uL respectively. There was no difference seen on lymphocytes and red blood cells in the present study. Serum biochemical markers significantly (p <0.05) varied; T3 birds had the lowest levels for triglycerides, cholesterol, and glucose. The results of this study showed that adding 25 ml of beet juice (Beta vulgaris) to drinking water will enhance growth performance, PCV, and Hb and also reduces glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride level of Kadaknath birds.

Highlights

• Inclusion of beetroot juice to drinking water of Kadaknath chickens improves their growth performance, FCR and bloodbiochemical profile without antibiotic prophylactic treatment.
• Supplementation of beetroot juice at 0.02% in kadakanath drinking water improves their overall level of metabolis.