Efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilers
Some studies have suggested that dietary medicinal plants or herbs may have a variety of biological functions such as anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antifungal, antioxidative stress, and anticarcinogenic activities. The present study was undertaken to assess the incorporation of the extract of lic...
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| author | Enas Toson Maha Abd El Latif Abdelhameed Mohamed Hanaa S.S. Gazwi Mohamed Saleh Dariusz Kokoszynski Shaaban S. Elnesr Wael N. Hozzein Mohammed A.M. Wadaan Hamada Elwan |
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| description | Some studies have suggested that dietary medicinal plants or herbs may have a variety of biological functions such as anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antifungal, antioxidative stress, and anticarcinogenic activities. The present study was undertaken to assess the incorporation of the extract of licorice supplementation on the growth performance, carcass yield, blood indices, and antioxidative capacity in broilers. Three hundred twenty unsexed one-day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks were allocated randomly into four groups. Chicks in each group were randomly subdivided into eight replicates of ten chicks. The first group received a basal diet and was considered a control. The respective groups received a basal diet supplemented with 1, 2, and 3 g licorice extract/kg diet. The obtained results indicated that supplementation of licorice extract to broiler chicks resulted in heavier BW and weight gain and a better feed conversion ratio during the experimental periods compared with the control group. However, feed consumption increased during the entire growing period. Supplementing the broiler’s diet with licorice extract led to a higher value of erythrocytes, leukocytes, haemoglobin, plasma total protein, albumin, and antioxidant concentration and a low value in plasma cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, urea, and total cholesterol. It could be concluded that the dietary addition of licorice extracts 2 and 3 g licorice extract/kg diet improved broiler chicks' growth performance and physiological status. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6da772f23b9b458d82c611d1386bc1662023-01-26T04:44:49ZengElsevierAnimal1751-73112023-01-01171100696Efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilersEnas Toson0Maha Abd El Latif1Abdelhameed Mohamed2Hanaa S.S. Gazwi3Mohamed Saleh4Dariusz Kokoszynski5Shaaban S. Elnesr6Wael N. Hozzein7Mohammed A.M. Wadaan8Hamada Elwan9Animal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, 61519 EL-Minya, EgyptAnimal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, 61519 EL-Minya, EgyptAnimal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, 61519 EL-Minya, EgyptDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, 61519 El-Minia, EgyptDepartment of Poultry Production, Sohag University, 82524 Sohag, EgyptDepartment of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, 85084 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, 63514 Fayoum, EgyptBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, EgyptZoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAnimal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, 61519 EL-Minya, Egypt; Corresponding author.Some studies have suggested that dietary medicinal plants or herbs may have a variety of biological functions such as anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antifungal, antioxidative stress, and anticarcinogenic activities. The present study was undertaken to assess the incorporation of the extract of licorice supplementation on the growth performance, carcass yield, blood indices, and antioxidative capacity in broilers. Three hundred twenty unsexed one-day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks were allocated randomly into four groups. Chicks in each group were randomly subdivided into eight replicates of ten chicks. The first group received a basal diet and was considered a control. The respective groups received a basal diet supplemented with 1, 2, and 3 g licorice extract/kg diet. The obtained results indicated that supplementation of licorice extract to broiler chicks resulted in heavier BW and weight gain and a better feed conversion ratio during the experimental periods compared with the control group. However, feed consumption increased during the entire growing period. Supplementing the broiler’s diet with licorice extract led to a higher value of erythrocytes, leukocytes, haemoglobin, plasma total protein, albumin, and antioxidant concentration and a low value in plasma cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, urea, and total cholesterol. It could be concluded that the dietary addition of licorice extracts 2 and 3 g licorice extract/kg diet improved broiler chicks' growth performance and physiological status.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731122002531Antioxidant indicesBiochemical profileGlycyrrhiza glabra L.HaematologyPoultry |
| spellingShingle | Enas Toson Maha Abd El Latif Abdelhameed Mohamed Hanaa S.S. Gazwi Mohamed Saleh Dariusz Kokoszynski Shaaban S. Elnesr Wael N. Hozzein Mohammed A.M. Wadaan Hamada Elwan Efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilers Animal Antioxidant indices Biochemical profile Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Haematology Poultry |
| title | Efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilers |
| title_full | Efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilers |
| title_fullStr | Efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilers |
| title_short | Efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilers |
| title_sort | efficacy of licorice extract on the growth performance carcass characteristics blood indices and antioxidants capacity in broilers |
| topic | Antioxidant indices Biochemical profile Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Haematology Poultry |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731122002531 |
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