Blood Chemistry data Base of Kedu Chicken – The Indonesian Indigenous Poultry

Abstract

Kedu chicken is the Indonesian indigenous poultry with the potential distribution and a large population. Thus it needs special attention to raise the value of its product commercialization and empowerment as an important sector that not only can support the food security but also can establish the national food sovereignty. Many investigations have been addressed either to improve Kedu chicken productivity or to support of its conservation purpose; however theexistence of complete base data especially the blood chemistry is limited. The blood chemistry status is one of the important parameters in the productivity aspects. Therefore its availability is very required in order to give the scientific basic regarding the various studies topic involving Kedu chicken i.e. concentration of glucose, total cholesterol, LDL, HDL. Triglycerides, SGPT, SGOT and blood minerals (sodium, phosphate, iron, calcium and potassium). Glucose concentration was measured by blood sugar test meter directly after 2 hours sample collection while total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, SGPT, SGOT and phosphate concentration were determined by using spectrophotometer method. Furthermore, others blood mineral concentration (sodium, ferrum, calcium and potassium) were measured by using the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) method. Concentration of HDL, triglycerides, SGPT, SGOT, potassium, sodium and calcium are significantly different while the concentration of blood glucose, total cholesterol, LDL, phosphate and iron are not significantly different between male and female Kedu chicken. The data base in this study was expected can become an attempt to improve the potency and conservation toward Kedu chicken as one of the Indonesian germplasm. Keywords : blood chemistry; data base; Kedu chicken