EFFECT OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND VITAMIN E ON PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE, SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND ANTIOXIDANT STATUS OF BROILER UNDER COLD STRESS

Autor: Gelawezh Qader, Ihsan Tayeb
Jazyk: Arabic<br />English
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 60-78 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1815-316X
2224-9796
DOI: 10.33899/mja.2024.143936.1282
Popis: This study was conducted to clarify the effect of adding different levels of medicinal plants and vitamin E supplements on productive performance, serum physiological, immunological parameters, and antioxidant status of broiler under cold stress 15 ⸰C±2 for 35 days. A total of 600 Ross one-day-old broiler chicks were distributed randomly into eight treatments with five replicates for each (15 birds/replicate) as follows: T1= standard ration (negative control); T2= 50 mg vitamin E /kg ration (positive control); T3= 5g Dill powder /kg ration; T4= 10g Dill powder/kg ration; T5= 5g Adiantum powder /kg ration; T6= 10g Adiantum powder /kg ration; T7=5g Crataegus powder /kg ration and T8=10g Crataegus powder /kg ration. Results showed that adding medicinal plants had a significant effect (p
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