Influence of Different Forms of Plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) Herb on Performance, Serum Metabolites, and Meat Quality of Broilers
| Autor: | Md. Aliar Rahman, Md. Mia, Rakhi Chowdhury, Md. Rahat Redoy, Mohammad Mamun |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Poultry Science Journal, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 203-210 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2345-6604 2345-6566 |
| DOI: | 10.22069/psj.2024.22011.2023 |
| Popis: | A total of 200 day-old COBB-500 chicks were randomly allocated into four dietary treatments with five replications and ten birds per replicate for 28 days to select the most effective forms of plantain herb for broiler performance and meat quality. The control diet (CL-D) and different forms of plantain diets were based on corn-soybean meal that was iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous. The different forms of plantain diets were fresh plantain-diet (FP-D): CL-D + fresh-plantain, shade-dried plantain-diet (SP-D): CL-D + shade-dried plantain powder, and blanched-dried plantain-diet (BP-D): CL-D + blanched-dried plantain powder. Plantain herb was given at a 1.0% dry matter basis. Daily feed consumption and weekly body weight were noted, whereas blood samples were taken and a meat panel test was confirmed by specialists in meat on day 28. Birds given the different forms of plantain diets revealed a 6-10% greater body weight gain compared to the CL-D (P < 0.05). Plantain diets in different forms showed a 3–6% better feed, crude protein, and metabolizable energy conversion ratio compared to the CL-D (P < 0.05), but no difference was observed between BP-D and SP-D (P > 0.05). Compared to the CL-D, birds fed the different forms of plantain diets reduced serum triglyceride and total cholesterol by 4–11% and 6–9%, respectively (P |
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