Abstract
<jats:p>The purpose of this work was to study the morphobiochemical parameters of the blood of chukars when introducing fermented fir-tree meal into their diet. The research was conducted on the basis of the research and production laboratory of poultry farming of the Kuzbass State Agricultural University. One control group and one experimental group of one day old chukars with 55 heads each were formed. The stocking density was 15 heads per 1 m2, the feeding space was 8 cm per 1 head, and the watering space was 7 heads per 1 nipple. The control group was fed with a complete compound feed, which, in addition to the main ingredients, included grass meal from lucerne in an amount of 3.0% of the feed weight. The experimental group was fed with a complete compound feed, which included fermented fir-tree meal in the amount of 3.0% of the feed weight instead of grass meal from lucerne. The other components of the diet were similar in both groups. The hematological studies and biochemical blood analysis of the chukars raised under various feeding conditions were performed at the age of 14 weeks. The research results have shown that the introduction of fermented fir-tree meal in the amount of 3% of the feed weight into the composition of complete compound feed contributed to the intensification of metabolic processes in the body of the chukars, which is confirmed by an increase in their blood content compared with the control: glucose – by 7.2%, albumin - by 9.9% (p<0.05), phosphorus – by 6.1%, sodium – by 1.4%, hemoglobin – by 11.6%, pseudoeosinophils in the leukogram – by 5.4%.</jats:p>