The effect of dietary sumac fruit powder (Rhus coriaria L.) on performance and blood antioxidant status of broiler chickens under continuous heat stress condition

Abstract

The effects of different levels of 0.0 sumac fruit powder (Z-SFP), 0.25 (L-SFP), 0.50 (M-SFP) and 1% (H-SFP) along with 100 mg/kg alpha tocopherol acetate (VE) were investigated on performance and blood antioxidant status of broiler chickens under heat stress condition. L-SFP, M-SFP and VE birds showed higher body weight gain (BWG) than Z-SFP and H-SFP birds during the starter period (P<0.05). No significant differences were observed among the treatments for feed intake (FI) during the starter, grower and whole the experimental periods (P>0.05). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) of M-SFP and VE birds were lower than that of H-SFP birds during the starter period (P<0.05). Moreover, no significant differences were observed for FCR or BWG between the treatments during the grower and whole the experimental periods (P>0.05). The blood total antioxidant capacity (TAC), malondialdehyde (MDA) content and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) enzymes were not affected by dietary treatments at week 6 of age (P>0.05). It was concluded that although dietary SFP consumption can improve the performance of broiler chickens during the starter period under heat stress, it does not affect the performance during grower period or the blood antioxidant indices at week 6 of age.

Effects of sumac fruit powder (Rhus coriaria L.) supplementation on productive performance, egg quality traits and serum biochemical parameters in old laying hens

“…According to the studies on broiler chickens, 0.5% sumac supplementation reduced negative impacts of heat stress and increased performance during the starter phase. However, sumac supplementation till 1% did not affect carcase traits, including the relative weight of thigh muscle, abdominal fat pad, liver and heart (Alishah et al 2013).…”

Response of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) to dietary inclusion of Moringa oleifera essential oil under heat stress condition

“…In response to the increased interest of consumers in natural products and with a view to meet evolving market demands, over time, the poultry sector focussed on how to increase the growth performance and regulate the intestinal microflora of animals, and targeted at developing new products that would not harm human health (Alishah et al 2013). The essential oils of natural aromatic herbs, which are purified from all hazardous synthetic products, do not pose any risk to human health and do not leave any residues in animal products, are among the primary of these newly developed products (Attia and Al-Harthi 2015;Attia, Bakhashwain, et al 2017;Guo et al2020).…”

Japon bıldırcını rasyonlarına Murt uçucu yağı (Myrtus communis) ilavesinin Lipopolysaccharide uyarımlı inflamasyonda büyüme, yem tüketimi, karkas, bazı kan ve doku özellikleri üzerine etkileri

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