The effect of hempseed (Cannabis sativa L.) on performance, humoral immune response and plasma antioxidative activity and lipid profile in broiler chicks

This experiment was conducted to evaluate effect of hempseed on performance, immune response and plasma antioxidative activity and lipid profile in broiler chicks. A total of 250 one-day male broiler chicks (Ross 308 strain) were randomly divided into five treatments with five replicates (10 birds per cage). The treatments were: 1) Control diet (H0, no hempseed); 2) the diet contain 5% hempseed (H5); the diet contain 10% hempseed (H10); the diet contain 15% hempseed (H15) and the diet contain 20% hempseed (H20). Data were analyzed using of the PROC GLM of SAS 9.1 software and means were compared using of tukey test. The results of this study indicated that inclusion of hempseed up to 10% into diet significantly (P