Dietary Curcumin Improves Energy Metabolism, Brain Monoamines, Carcass Traits, Muscle Oxidative Stability and Fatty Acid Profile in Heat-Stressed Broiler Chickens

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to elucidate the impacts of dietary curcumin supplementation on energy metabolism, brain monoamines and muscle oxidative stability in heat-stressed broilers. In total, 120 day-old chicks were allocated into three equal groups of four replicates. The first group (T1) was maintained on a thermoneutral condition, while the second group (T2) was subjected to 8 h of thermal stress (34 °C), and both groups fed the basal diet with no supplement. The third group (T3) was exposed to the same thermal stress conditions and fed the basal diet supplemented with curcumin (100 mg kg−1 diet). The dietary curcumin supplementation significantly increased the breast yield (p = 0.004), but reduced the percentage of abdominal fat (p = 0.017) compared with the T2 group. The addition of curcumin to broiler diets significantly improved the levels of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in breast and thigh muscles compared with the T2 group (p < 0.05). The curcumin-supplemented group showed significantly lower levels of malondialdehyde in the breast and thigh muscles than that of the T2 group (p = 0.001 and 0.015, respectively). The dietary curcumin supplementation significantly improved the levels of ATP and CoQ10 in liver tissues (p = 0.012 and 0.001, respectively) and brain serotonin (p = 0.006) as compared to the T2 group. Meanwhile, the heat-stressed group showed significantly higher levels of ADP and Na,K-ATPase in the liver tissues than that of the other experimental groups (p = 0.011 and 0.027, respectively). It could be concluded that dietary curcumin supplementation may improve carcass yield, energy biomarkers, brain serotonin and muscle oxidative stability of heat-stressed broiler chickens.

Productive, physiological and nutritional responses of laying hens fed different dietary levels of turmeric powder

“…Curcumin can have significant effects, such as antioxidant and anti‐inflammatory effects (Liu et al, 2020). Dietary turmeric powder supplementation improved the performance and antioxidant capacity of heat‐stressed broiler chickens (Salah et al, 2021). Many investigators have studied the effect of turmeric powder and essential oil and their active components on livestock and indicated that turmeric has the potential to increase digestive enzymes activities, improve liver integrity, and decrease serum cholesterol level (Gandhi et al, 2011; Platel & Srinivasan, 2000; Van Phuoc et al, 2019) that can be beneficial to improve performance and egg quality of laying hens.…”

“…Curcumin can have significant effects, such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects (Liu et al, 2020). Dietary turmeric powder supplementation improved the performance and antioxidant capacity of heat-stressed broiler chickens (Salah et al, 2021).…”

Current Development and Future Application Prospects of Plants-Derived Polyphenol Bioactive Substance Curcumin as a Novel Feed Additive in Livestock and Poultry

“…These above results indicated that CUR was effective in reducing coccidia infection in poultry through its antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, indicating that CUR alone or cotreatment with other feed additives could be recommended as a strategy to improve gut health in broilers [ 58 ]. In heat-stressed broilers, Ayman et al [ 70 ] elucidated the impacts of dietary CUR supplementation on energy metabolism, brain monoamines and muscle oxidative stability. The results showed that compared with heat-stressed broilers, increased breast yield and reduced abdominal fat mass were observed in CUR supplemented broilers.…”

State of the art in research on the gut-liver and gut-brain axis in poultry

“…The diet-microbiome interaction is based on the action of metabolites and nutritional components derived from the diet on the host organ systems. Salah et al [ 80 ] experimented on chicken broilers exposed to heat stress (8 h, 34 °C) and fed a diet supplemented with curcumin (100 mg/kg diet). These studies showed that the addition of curcumin to a diet of heat stressed-chickens doubled the level of coenzyme Q10 in the liver [ 80 ].…”