Effect of Yucca Schidigera Supplementation in Diet on the Health Performances, Blood Biomarkers, and Relative Telomere Length of Broiler Chickens Reared Under Tropical Conditions
The main aim of this study was to elucidate the potential of Yucca schidigera supplementation on the health performances, blood biomarkers, and relative telomere length of broilers reared under tropical conditions. A total of 300 one-day-old male Ross 308 broilers were purchased, weighed, and divide...
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| author | Nafeesa Abu Kassim Eric Lim Teik Chung Mohamed M. Alghirani Yee Lyn Ong Mamat Hamidi Kamalludin Faez Firdaus Abdullah Jesse Teck Chwen Loh |
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| description | The main aim of this study was to elucidate the potential of Yucca schidigera supplementation on the health performances, blood biomarkers, and relative telomere length of broilers reared under tropical conditions. A total of 300 one-day-old male Ross 308 broilers were purchased, weighed, and divided randomly into six dietary regimens. The dietary treatments consisted of T1: commercial feed without antibiotics (negative control) and T2: commercial feed added with 100 mg/kg oxytetracycline (positive control). Birds in T3, T4, T5, and T6 were fed with commercial feed supplemented with 25, 50, 75, and 100 mg/kg of powdered Y. schidigera saponins. The broilers were monitored daily and the clinical sign and mortality were recorded. On day 42, ten male broilers from each treatment were randomly selected and slaughtered, and blood samples were collected for leucocyte profiling, immunoglobulins, cytokines, and telomere length analyses. All data obtained were subjected to the Chi-Square Test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Tukey Post-Hoc Test to determine the significant differences among treatment groups. The data were considered significant at P < 0.05. Throughout the 42-day study, a few cases of leg problems, diarrhea, and mortality were observed, but there were no significant associations (P > 0.05). However, there were significant differences (P < 0.05) in the leucocyte profiling, immunoglobulins, cytokines, and telomere length expression among treatments. Negative control broilers not fed with any additive demonstrated the lowest values as compared to the antibiotic and treatment groups. Overall, T6 broilers fed with a diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg of Y. schidigera saponins exhibited the best leucocyte profiling (increased total WBC count, monocytes, and basophil count; decreased H/L ratio), immunoglobulins (upregulated Ig-G, Ig-A, and Ig-M,), cytokines (increased IL-4 and IL-7), and the longest telomere length expression followed by T2 broilers. In summary, this study has established that 100 mg/kg of Y. schidigera saponins supplementation in diet can be used to enhance the health performances of broilers raised under hot and humid conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af2dc5da9bf74f73aef81227e21882802023-09-26T09:01:51ZengGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ResourcesPoultry Science Journal2345-66042345-65662023-09-0111220321110.22069/psj.2023.20550.18566566Effect of Yucca Schidigera Supplementation in Diet on the Health Performances, Blood Biomarkers, and Relative Telomere Length of Broiler Chickens Reared Under Tropical ConditionsNafeesa Abu Kassim0Eric Lim Teik Chung1Mohamed M. Alghirani2Yee Lyn Ong3Mamat Hamidi Kamalludin4Faez Firdaus Abdullah Jesse5Teck Chwen Loh6Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaThe main aim of this study was to elucidate the potential of Yucca schidigera supplementation on the health performances, blood biomarkers, and relative telomere length of broilers reared under tropical conditions. A total of 300 one-day-old male Ross 308 broilers were purchased, weighed, and divided randomly into six dietary regimens. The dietary treatments consisted of T1: commercial feed without antibiotics (negative control) and T2: commercial feed added with 100 mg/kg oxytetracycline (positive control). Birds in T3, T4, T5, and T6 were fed with commercial feed supplemented with 25, 50, 75, and 100 mg/kg of powdered Y. schidigera saponins. The broilers were monitored daily and the clinical sign and mortality were recorded. On day 42, ten male broilers from each treatment were randomly selected and slaughtered, and blood samples were collected for leucocyte profiling, immunoglobulins, cytokines, and telomere length analyses. All data obtained were subjected to the Chi-Square Test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Tukey Post-Hoc Test to determine the significant differences among treatment groups. The data were considered significant at P < 0.05. Throughout the 42-day study, a few cases of leg problems, diarrhea, and mortality were observed, but there were no significant associations (P > 0.05). However, there were significant differences (P < 0.05) in the leucocyte profiling, immunoglobulins, cytokines, and telomere length expression among treatments. Negative control broilers not fed with any additive demonstrated the lowest values as compared to the antibiotic and treatment groups. Overall, T6 broilers fed with a diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg of Y. schidigera saponins exhibited the best leucocyte profiling (increased total WBC count, monocytes, and basophil count; decreased H/L ratio), immunoglobulins (upregulated Ig-G, Ig-A, and Ig-M,), cytokines (increased IL-4 and IL-7), and the longest telomere length expression followed by T2 broilers. In summary, this study has established that 100 mg/kg of Y. schidigera saponins supplementation in diet can be used to enhance the health performances of broilers raised under hot and humid conditions.https://psj.gau.ac.ir/article_6566_ab25f3dbd4d9ba469e28d979e35f44c6.pdfcytokinesh/l ratioimmunoglobulinssaponinsrelative telomere length |
| spellingShingle | Nafeesa Abu Kassim Eric Lim Teik Chung Mohamed M. Alghirani Yee Lyn Ong Mamat Hamidi Kamalludin Faez Firdaus Abdullah Jesse Teck Chwen Loh Effect of Yucca Schidigera Supplementation in Diet on the Health Performances, Blood Biomarkers, and Relative Telomere Length of Broiler Chickens Reared Under Tropical Conditions Poultry Science Journal cytokines h/l ratio immunoglobulins saponins relative telomere length |
| title | Effect of Yucca Schidigera Supplementation in Diet on the Health Performances, Blood Biomarkers, and Relative Telomere Length of Broiler Chickens Reared Under Tropical Conditions |
| title_full | Effect of Yucca Schidigera Supplementation in Diet on the Health Performances, Blood Biomarkers, and Relative Telomere Length of Broiler Chickens Reared Under Tropical Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Yucca Schidigera Supplementation in Diet on the Health Performances, Blood Biomarkers, and Relative Telomere Length of Broiler Chickens Reared Under Tropical Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Yucca Schidigera Supplementation in Diet on the Health Performances, Blood Biomarkers, and Relative Telomere Length of Broiler Chickens Reared Under Tropical Conditions |
| title_short | Effect of Yucca Schidigera Supplementation in Diet on the Health Performances, Blood Biomarkers, and Relative Telomere Length of Broiler Chickens Reared Under Tropical Conditions |
| title_sort | effect of yucca schidigera supplementation in diet on the health performances blood biomarkers and relative telomere length of broiler chickens reared under tropical conditions |
| topic | cytokines h/l ratio immunoglobulins saponins relative telomere length |
| url | https://psj.gau.ac.ir/article_6566_ab25f3dbd4d9ba469e28d979e35f44c6.pdf |
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