Dietary Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Cecal Microflora, Immunity, and Antioxidant Capacity of Partridge Shank Chickens
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of tea tree oil (TTO) supplementation on the growth performance, cecal microflora composition, immunity, and antioxidant status of Partridge Shank chickens. A total of 144 one-day-old chicks were allocated into three treatments with six replicates...
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| description | The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of tea tree oil (TTO) supplementation on the growth performance, cecal microflora composition, immunity, and antioxidant status of Partridge Shank chickens. A total of 144 one-day-old chicks were allocated into three treatments with six replicates of eight chicks each and fed with a basal diet supplemented with 0 (Control group), 500, and 1000 mg/kg TTO for 50 days. Compared with the control group, the broilers fed with the basal diet supplemented with 1000 mg/kg TTO exhibited an increase in average daily gain from 22 to 50 days (P=0.035) and in both relative thymus weight (P<0.001) and Lactobacillus colonies in the cecal contents (P=0.045) at 50 days of age, but a reduction in the feed/gain ratio during 1 to 50 days (P=0.048). Additionally, dietary TTO supplementation, irrespective of dosage, increased the relative spleen weight (P=0.003) and total antioxidant capacity in the jejunum (P=0.049) and ileum (P=0.001) at 21 days, but decreased the malondialdehyde content in the ileum at both 21 (P=0.003) and 50 days (P<0.001) and in the jejunum at 50 days (P=0.012). The results suggested that TTO supplementation could improve the growth performance, cecal microflora composition, immunity, and antioxidant capacity of Partridge Shank chickens. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c6ef2dbdd6f4d00a1b125b65b4283802023-05-30T01:29:31ZengJapan Poultry Science AssociationThe Journal of Poultry Science1346-73951349-04862019-07-0156321221910.2141/jpsa.0180095jpsaDietary Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Cecal Microflora, Immunity, and Antioxidant Capacity of Partridge Shank ChickensHengman Qu0Yefei Cheng1Yueping Chen2Yurui Zhao3Jun Li4Chao Wen5Yanmin Zhou6College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityThe aim of this study was to investigate the effects of tea tree oil (TTO) supplementation on the growth performance, cecal microflora composition, immunity, and antioxidant status of Partridge Shank chickens. A total of 144 one-day-old chicks were allocated into three treatments with six replicates of eight chicks each and fed with a basal diet supplemented with 0 (Control group), 500, and 1000 mg/kg TTO for 50 days. Compared with the control group, the broilers fed with the basal diet supplemented with 1000 mg/kg TTO exhibited an increase in average daily gain from 22 to 50 days (P=0.035) and in both relative thymus weight (P<0.001) and Lactobacillus colonies in the cecal contents (P=0.045) at 50 days of age, but a reduction in the feed/gain ratio during 1 to 50 days (P=0.048). Additionally, dietary TTO supplementation, irrespective of dosage, increased the relative spleen weight (P=0.003) and total antioxidant capacity in the jejunum (P=0.049) and ileum (P=0.001) at 21 days, but decreased the malondialdehyde content in the ileum at both 21 (P=0.003) and 50 days (P<0.001) and in the jejunum at 50 days (P=0.012). The results suggested that TTO supplementation could improve the growth performance, cecal microflora composition, immunity, and antioxidant capacity of Partridge Shank chickens.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/56/3/56_0180095/_html/-char/enantioxidant capacitybroilerscecal microfloragrowth performanceimmunitytea tree oil |
| spellingShingle | Hengman Qu Yefei Cheng Yueping Chen Yurui Zhao Jun Li Chao Wen Yanmin Zhou Dietary Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Cecal Microflora, Immunity, and Antioxidant Capacity of Partridge Shank Chickens The Journal of Poultry Science antioxidant capacity broilers cecal microflora growth performance immunity tea tree oil |
| title | Dietary Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Cecal Microflora, Immunity, and Antioxidant Capacity of Partridge Shank Chickens |
| title_full | Dietary Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Cecal Microflora, Immunity, and Antioxidant Capacity of Partridge Shank Chickens |
| title_fullStr | Dietary Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Cecal Microflora, Immunity, and Antioxidant Capacity of Partridge Shank Chickens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dietary Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Cecal Microflora, Immunity, and Antioxidant Capacity of Partridge Shank Chickens |
| title_short | Dietary Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Cecal Microflora, Immunity, and Antioxidant Capacity of Partridge Shank Chickens |
| title_sort | dietary tea tree melaleuca alternifolia oil supplementation improves growth performance cecal microflora immunity and antioxidant capacity of partridge shank chickens |
| topic | antioxidant capacity broilers cecal microflora growth performance immunity tea tree oil |
| url | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/56/3/56_0180095/_html/-char/en |
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