Effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, endocrine hormones, and immune activity in heat-stressed hens
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, biochemical indicators, hormone levels, and immune activity in hens under heat stress. Hy-Line brown hens (280-day-old) were fed with 0, 100, 150, and 200 mg/kg of curcumin during a 42-D experiment. Compa...
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| author | Mengjie Liu Yinglin Lu Peng Gao Xiaolei Xie Dongfeng Li Debing Yu Minli Yu |
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| description | This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, biochemical indicators, hormone levels, and immune activity in hens under heat stress. Hy-Line brown hens (280-day-old) were fed with 0, 100, 150, and 200 mg/kg of curcumin during a 42-D experiment. Compared with the control treatment, supplementation with 150 mg/kg of curcumin improved laying performance and egg quality by significantly increasing egg production, eggshell thickness, eggshell strength (P < 0.01), and albumen height (P < 0.05) while decreasing the feed-to-egg ratio. Antioxidant activity was improved by significantly increasing the activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase but decreasing malondialdehyde levels in serum (P < 0.05) and significantly increasing the levels of follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol, IgG, IgA, and complement C3 activity in serum (P < 0.05). These results indicated that supplemental 150 mg/kg curcumin can improve productive performance, antioxidant enzyme activity, and immune function in laying hens under the heat stress conditions applied in the present study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc9004ebfb8c4946a18e99a029168c2c2022-12-22T02:39:39ZengElsevierPoultry Science0032-57912020-04-0199421962202Effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, endocrine hormones, and immune activity in heat-stressed hensMengjie Liu0Yinglin Lu1Peng Gao2Xiaolei Xie3Dongfeng Li4Debing Yu5Minli Yu6College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, P.R. ChinaCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, P.R. ChinaCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, P.R. ChinaCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, P.R. ChinaCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, P.R. ChinaCorresponding authors:; College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, P.R. ChinaCorresponding authors:; College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, P.R. ChinaThis study was conducted to evaluate the effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, biochemical indicators, hormone levels, and immune activity in hens under heat stress. Hy-Line brown hens (280-day-old) were fed with 0, 100, 150, and 200 mg/kg of curcumin during a 42-D experiment. Compared with the control treatment, supplementation with 150 mg/kg of curcumin improved laying performance and egg quality by significantly increasing egg production, eggshell thickness, eggshell strength (P < 0.01), and albumen height (P < 0.05) while decreasing the feed-to-egg ratio. Antioxidant activity was improved by significantly increasing the activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase but decreasing malondialdehyde levels in serum (P < 0.05) and significantly increasing the levels of follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol, IgG, IgA, and complement C3 activity in serum (P < 0.05). These results indicated that supplemental 150 mg/kg curcumin can improve productive performance, antioxidant enzyme activity, and immune function in laying hens under the heat stress conditions applied in the present study.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119579111curcuminheat stresslaying henlaying performancehormone level |
| spellingShingle | Mengjie Liu Yinglin Lu Peng Gao Xiaolei Xie Dongfeng Li Debing Yu Minli Yu Effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, endocrine hormones, and immune activity in heat-stressed hens Poultry Science curcumin heat stress laying hen laying performance hormone level |
| title | Effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, endocrine hormones, and immune activity in heat-stressed hens |
| title_full | Effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, endocrine hormones, and immune activity in heat-stressed hens |
| title_fullStr | Effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, endocrine hormones, and immune activity in heat-stressed hens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, endocrine hormones, and immune activity in heat-stressed hens |
| title_short | Effect of curcumin on laying performance, egg quality, endocrine hormones, and immune activity in heat-stressed hens |
| title_sort | effect of curcumin on laying performance egg quality endocrine hormones and immune activity in heat stressed hens |
| topic | curcumin heat stress laying hen laying performance hormone level |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119579111 |
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