Chinese Herbal Medicines as Potential Agents for Alleviation of Heat Stress in Poultry

Shokryazdan, Parisa; Jahromi, Mohammad Faseleh; Saadand, Salwani Md; Ebrahimi, Mahdi; Zulkifli, I.; Zhou, Hailong; Diao, Xiao Ping; Liang, J. B.

doi:10.1155/2017/8208261

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“…The ban on commercial antibiotics usage in the animal industry causes researchers to develop alternate feed supplements. Recently, feed additives such as amino acids, trace elements, and vitamins (1)(2)(3), as well as probiotics, polyphenols, and flavonoid have been utilized to maximize poultry immunity and productivity (4)(5)(6).…”

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Effects of Small Peptide Supplementation on Growth Performance, Intestinal Barrier of Laying Hens During the Brooding and Growing Periods

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The growing period is a critical period for growth and development in laying hens. During this period, chicks grow rapidly, but are accompanied by unstable digestive function, incomplete organ development, and high mortality. Small peptide, a feed additive, which has been proved to promote intestinal development and immunity in poultry. In order to elucidate the effects of small peptides on growth performance, immunity, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal health of growing laying hens, a total of 900 Tianfu green shell laying hens (1-day-old) were randomly divided into 5 treatments with 6 replicates of 30 birds each in this 18-week trial. Dietary treatments included a corn-soybean meal-based diet supplemented with 0 g/kg, 1.5 g/kg, 3.0 g/kg, 4.5 g/kg and 6.0 g/kg small peptide, respectively. The results showed that the supplementation of small peptides significantly increased growth rate (P<0.05) in laying hens, as well as elevated the serum immunoglobulins (P<0.05) and antioxidant indices (P<0.05), however, it decreased inflammation parameters (P<0.05). The supplementation of small peptides enhanced the intestinal function by promoting gut development (P<0.05) and improving gut integrity (P<0.05), barrier function (P<0.05) and the diversity of gut microbiota (P<0.05) in the growing hens. The best performance was recorded among the hens fed 4.5 g/kg level of small peptide. Taken together, these results showed that small peptide supplementation could improve the economic value of growing hens by promoting growth rate, disease resistance, and the optimal amount of addition for Tianfu green shell laying hens was 4.5 g/kg.

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Effects of Small Peptide Supplementation on Growth Performance, Intestinal Barrier of Laying Hens During the Brooding and Growing Periods

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“…Some authors (Shokryazdan et al, 2017) mentioned that inulin is prebiotic that can be absorbed by liver and colon cells and can act as an antioxidant. Other studies, showed that in normal raising conditions, inulin was very effective on enhancing intestinal immune function (Huang et al, 2015), and recently was reported that inulin can replace antibiotics as growth promoters without affecting the physicochemical characteristics of meat (Guaragni et al, 2020;.…”

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Effect of dietary inulin on the antioxidant profile of broiler chickens’ meat raised in heat stress conditions

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et al. 2023

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The study aimed to assess the effect of dietary inulin (1% dietary inclusion) supplements on broiler chickens’ meat antioxidant compounds. The experiment was carried out under heat-stress conditions, on 60 Ross 308 broiler chickens. The study took place in an experimental hall with digestibility pens and controlled humidity, ventilation and light regime. Each treatment (2 groups, C and E) was replicated 6 times with 5 chicks per replicate pen with ad libitum feeding and free water access. At 42 days old, 6 birds from each group were slaughtered and breast and thigh meat samples were collected. The presence of inulin in broiler chickens’ diets had a beneficial effect by increasing the iron and zinc concentrations in thigh samples. Regarding liposoluble antioxidants, the presence of inulin in diets from tissue samples had an antagonistic effect: increased concentrations of xanthophylls were registered in thigh meat and an adverse effect was noticed in breast meat while an inverse effect was noticed for vitamin E. At the thigh meat level, the antioxidant capacity was significantly improved under inulin influence. In conclusion, the nutritional quality of broilers meat (thigh meat) was improved, for the group fed with inulin-supplemented diets.

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“…Alternatively, herbs are natural medicinal plants, and the plant extracts produce no drug synthetic compound residues in tissues and exhibit anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties [ 3 , 4 , 5 ], which have proved to be effective in the search for alternatives to antibiotics [ 6 , 7 ]. The specific Compound Chinese Herbal Medicine Additive (CCHMA) used in this study consisted of Astragalus , Licorice , Radix Codonopsis , Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium , Angelica Sinensis , Atractylodis and Cimicfugae Rhizoma in the ratio of 6:6:4:3:3:1:1.…”

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Effects of Compound Chinese Herbal Medicine Additive on Growth Performance and Gut Microbiota Diversity of Zi Goose

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Zhang

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This study investigated the effects of CCHMA on growth performance, slaughter performance, serum biochemical indicators, intestinal morphology and microbiota of Zi goose. Initially, it was determined the optimal addition concentration of CCHMA to be 3 g/kg by the first feeding experiment. Then, 78 Zi geese were divided into control and CCHMA supplemented groups. The results showed that the body weight (BW) and average daily gain (ADG) of the CCHMA supplemented group was significantly increased (p < 0.05), and the feed/gain (F/G) of the CCHMA supplemented group was significantly decreased (p < 0.05) compared with the control group. The dressed yield percentage in the CCHMA supplemented group significantly increased by 0.78% (p < 0.05). Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels were significantly lower in the CCHMA fed birds than in the control group (p < 0.05). Further, 16S rDNA gene sequencing conducted for cecal flora composition found that 3 g/kg CCHMA significantly increased the abundance of beneficial bacteria (CHKCI001, Colidextribacter and Subdoligranulum) (p < 0.05; p < 0.01) and suppressing harmful bacteria (Bacteroidetes and Methanobrevibacter) (p < 0.05) in the cecum of Zi goose. In conclusion, adding 3 g/kg of CCHMA in the diet can improve the growth performance, slaughter performance of Zi goose, and optimize the cecum microflora.

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Chinese Herbal Medicines as Potential Agents for Alleviation of Heat Stress in Poultry

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Effects of Small Peptide Supplementation on Growth Performance, Intestinal Barrier of Laying Hens During the Brooding and Growing Periods

Effects of Small Peptide Supplementation on Growth Performance, Intestinal Barrier of Laying Hens During the Brooding and Growing Periods

Effect of dietary inulin on the antioxidant profile of broiler chickens’ meat raised in heat stress conditions

Effects of Compound Chinese Herbal Medicine Additive on Growth Performance and Gut Microbiota Diversity of Zi Goose

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