Effects of golpar (Heracleum persicum Desf.) and probiotics in drinking water on performance, carcass characteristics, organ weights, blood plasma constituents, and immunity of broilers
Autor: | Francisco Peña Blanco, Faramin Javandel, Nieves Núñez-Sánchez, Estrella Agüera Buendía, Alireza Seidavi, Carmen Avilés Ramírez, Ali Jamshidparvar, Andrés L. Martínez Marín |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Heracleum 040301 veterinary sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Biology Weight Gain Feed conversion ratio 0403 veterinary science chemistry.chemical_compound Animal science Phytogenics Blood plasma Animals Environmental Chemistry Plant Extracts business.industry Drinking Water Probiotics 0402 animal and dairy science Broiler Albumin Organ Size 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification Animal Feed 040201 dairy & animal science Pollution Diet Biotechnology Heracleum persicum chemistry Blood chemistry Uric acid business Chickens |
Zdroj: | Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24:23571-23577 |
ISSN: | 1614-7499 0944-1344 |
Popis: | Increasing levels of Heracleum persicum (golpar) in drinking water were studied in broilers. Two hundred and forty-one-day-old male chickens were allocated to one of six treatments: control, without added phytogenics nor probiotics in drinking water, and probiotics at recommended manufacturer's level (P) or 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 ml/l of golpar extract solution (G1, G1.5, G2, and G2.5 treatments, respectively) in drinking water. As a result of this study, no linear or quadratic trends in the feed intake (FI) and feed conversion rate (FCR) due to golpar supplementation were found. Body weight gain, final body weight, and relative carcass weight showed a positive linear response with increasing levels of golpar supplementation. Neither golpar nor probiotics had effects on the percentages of edible parts of the carcass. Golpar supplementation levels caused a linear negative response of the albumin content in blood plasma, whereas both abdominal fat as percentage of carcass weight and uric acid levels in blood plasma linearly increased. The effects on Ig responses were only observed at 42 days of age and were similar in probiotics and the highest level of golpar supplementation. Based on our results, both probiotics and golpar supplementation could improve broiler performance and immune function. |
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