Dietary Cinnamon Bark Affects Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Breast Meat Quality in Broiler Infected with <i>Eimeria tenella</i> Oocysts
A total of 150 broiler chicks were used to determine the impact of dietary cinnamon bark powder (CBP; <i>Cinnamomum verum</i>) on breast meat quality, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of birds under coccidiosis, as one of the protozoan parasitic diseases. A total of 5 repl...
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| author | Mohammed M. Qaid Saud I. Al-Mufarrej Mahmoud M. Azzam Maged A. Al-Garadi Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani Abdulaziz A. Al-abdullatif Elsayed O. Hussein Gamaleldin M. Suliman |
| author_facet | Mohammed M. Qaid Saud I. Al-Mufarrej Mahmoud M. Azzam Maged A. Al-Garadi Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani Abdulaziz A. Al-abdullatif Elsayed O. Hussein Gamaleldin M. Suliman |
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| description | A total of 150 broiler chicks were used to determine the impact of dietary cinnamon bark powder (CBP; <i>Cinnamomum verum</i>) on breast meat quality, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of birds under coccidiosis, as one of the protozoan parasitic diseases. A total of 5 replicates of birds received 1 of the following 6 groups for 34 days: control groups (1 and 2) received a basal diet without the addition of CBP or salinomycin; group 3 received a basal diet with 0.066 g salinomycin; groups 4–6 were given a basal diet supplemented with 2, 4, and 6 g CBP/kg feed, respectively. On day 21, 4 × 10<sup>4</sup>/100 µL of <i>Eimeria tenella</i> oocysts/bird were challenged, except for the negative control (NC). At the end of the experimental trial, five birds/group were sampled for carcass characteristics and breast attributes. Overall, emeriosis negatively affects slaughter body mass, carcass yield, and the majority of carcass characteristics in birds, and cinnamon can mitigate these effects. Cinnamon groups, particularly at the 2 g level, alleviated the negative effect on performance caused by coccidia infestation to the same or greater extent as the negative control and salinomycin treatment groups. Furthermore, when compared with the other experimental groups, the addition of cinnamon improved some physicochemical properties with some affecting meat quality, such as decreasing MFI and increasing toughness in cinnamon-treated groups. In summary, it can be concluded that CBP can enhance the shelf life, carcass, and quality of birds’ meat by maximizing the productive performance efficiency and breast meat productivity of birds under coccidiosis infestation. Further research is required to investigate the use of cinnamon to optimize the quality of meat and the productivity of both healthy and diseased broilers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3a017d52a004c7f84dbaf99f5357d9a2023-11-23T12:41:33ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152022-01-0112216610.3390/ani12020166Dietary Cinnamon Bark Affects Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Breast Meat Quality in Broiler Infected with <i>Eimeria tenella</i> OocystsMohammed M. Qaid0Saud I. Al-Mufarrej1Mahmoud M. Azzam2Maged A. Al-Garadi3Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani4Abdulaziz A. Al-abdullatif5Elsayed O. Hussein6Gamaleldin M. Suliman7Animal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAnimal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAnimal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAnimal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAnimal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAnimal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAnimal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaAnimal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaA total of 150 broiler chicks were used to determine the impact of dietary cinnamon bark powder (CBP; <i>Cinnamomum verum</i>) on breast meat quality, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of birds under coccidiosis, as one of the protozoan parasitic diseases. A total of 5 replicates of birds received 1 of the following 6 groups for 34 days: control groups (1 and 2) received a basal diet without the addition of CBP or salinomycin; group 3 received a basal diet with 0.066 g salinomycin; groups 4–6 were given a basal diet supplemented with 2, 4, and 6 g CBP/kg feed, respectively. On day 21, 4 × 10<sup>4</sup>/100 µL of <i>Eimeria tenella</i> oocysts/bird were challenged, except for the negative control (NC). At the end of the experimental trial, five birds/group were sampled for carcass characteristics and breast attributes. Overall, emeriosis negatively affects slaughter body mass, carcass yield, and the majority of carcass characteristics in birds, and cinnamon can mitigate these effects. Cinnamon groups, particularly at the 2 g level, alleviated the negative effect on performance caused by coccidia infestation to the same or greater extent as the negative control and salinomycin treatment groups. Furthermore, when compared with the other experimental groups, the addition of cinnamon improved some physicochemical properties with some affecting meat quality, such as decreasing MFI and increasing toughness in cinnamon-treated groups. In summary, it can be concluded that CBP can enhance the shelf life, carcass, and quality of birds’ meat by maximizing the productive performance efficiency and breast meat productivity of birds under coccidiosis infestation. Further research is required to investigate the use of cinnamon to optimize the quality of meat and the productivity of both healthy and diseased broilers.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/2/166breastbroilercarcass traitscinnamon barkmeat quality |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed M. Qaid Saud I. Al-Mufarrej Mahmoud M. Azzam Maged A. Al-Garadi Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani Abdulaziz A. Al-abdullatif Elsayed O. Hussein Gamaleldin M. Suliman Dietary Cinnamon Bark Affects Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Breast Meat Quality in Broiler Infected with <i>Eimeria tenella</i> Oocysts Animals breast broiler carcass traits cinnamon bark meat quality |
| title | Dietary Cinnamon Bark Affects Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Breast Meat Quality in Broiler Infected with <i>Eimeria tenella</i> Oocysts |
| title_full | Dietary Cinnamon Bark Affects Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Breast Meat Quality in Broiler Infected with <i>Eimeria tenella</i> Oocysts |
| title_fullStr | Dietary Cinnamon Bark Affects Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Breast Meat Quality in Broiler Infected with <i>Eimeria tenella</i> Oocysts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dietary Cinnamon Bark Affects Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Breast Meat Quality in Broiler Infected with <i>Eimeria tenella</i> Oocysts |
| title_short | Dietary Cinnamon Bark Affects Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Breast Meat Quality in Broiler Infected with <i>Eimeria tenella</i> Oocysts |
| title_sort | dietary cinnamon bark affects growth performance carcass characteristics and breast meat quality in broiler infected with i eimeria tenella i oocysts |
| topic | breast broiler carcass traits cinnamon bark meat quality |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/2/166 |
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