Effect of fermented dandelion on productive performance, meat quality, immune function, and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens

Autor: Jinju Mao, Yuan Wang, Ting Duan, Na Yin, Chenlin Dong, Xuerong Ren, Na Liu, Xiaoping An, Jingwei Qi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Veterinary Research, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1746-6148
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-023-03751-9
Popis: Abstract Background Dandelion has a great potential to be used as feed additive. Using microbial fermentation technology to degrade cell walls is conducive to enable better release of bioactive compounds of dandelion. This study intended to explore the effect of fermented dandelion (FD) on production performance, meat quality, immune function, and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens. One-hundred and twenty 1-day-old male Arbor Acres broiler chickens were randomly allotted into three treatments: CON (basal diet, control), LFD and HFD (basal diet with 500 and 1000 mg/kg FD, respectively), with five replicates of eight birds each. The experiment lasted for 42 days. Results The results showed that birds in HFD group had increased ADG during 1–21 days (P
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