Use of red pepper oil in quail diets and its effect on performance, carcass measurements, intestinal microbiota, antioxidant indices, immunity and blood constituents

Reda, Fayiz M.; Alagawany, Mahmoud; Mahmoud, Hemat K.; Mahgoub, Samir A.; Elnesr, Shaaban S.

doi:10.1017/s1751731119002891

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“…The poultry industry worldwide is one of the main agricultural subsectors [1]. The supplementation of poultry diets with natural products containing bioactive components has shown promising results [2][3][4][5][6]. The admission of essential oils (EO) extracted from aromatic plants in the formation of poultry rations could be a promising alternative to antibiotics that is safer for the environment.…”

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Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) Oil as a Potential Alternative to Antibiotics in Poultry

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The removal of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) as feed additives in poultry nutrition from the market in many countries has compelled researchers to find unconventional and safe alternatives to AGPs. Probiotics, prebiotics, enzymes, organic acids, herbs, immune-stimulants and essential oils (EO) have been investigated as feed additives in poultry production. Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), one of the oldest medicinal plants and widely used around the world, can be used in poultry rations in the form of powder or essential oil. Essential oils produced from aromatic plants have become more interesting owing to their potential effects as hypocholesterolaemic agents, antioxidants, antimicrobials, antifungals and stimulants of digestive enzymes. The potential insecticidal and antimicrobial activities of EO against pathogens that cause spoilage in agriculture crops and human diseases might be attributed mainly to the high content of volatile components (mainly cinnamaldehyde, eugenol and carvacrol) in cinnamon oil. The present review focuses on the effects of cinnamon oil as a feed additive on poultry performance, carcass traits, meat quality, hypocholesterolaemic impact, antioxidant activity, immunity and microbiological aspects.

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“…The general trend of poultry industry is to provide safety for birds, whether in the feed or the environmental conditions ( Alagawany et al., 2019a , b ; Elnesr et al., 2019 ; Reda et al., 2019 ; Ismail et al., 2020 ). Housing and nutrition are 2 main factors of a successful poultry farming business.…”

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Consequences of various housing systems and dietary supplementation of thymol, carvacrol, and euganol on performance, egg quality, blood chemistry, and antioxidant parameters

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The present work was carried out to investigate the influences of housing system and dietary essential oils ( EOs ) supplementation to laying hens on the productive performance, egg quality, immunity, antioxidant parameters, and hematology. A factorial arrangement (2 × 4) was performed, including 2 housing systems and 4 different types of EOs (without EOs, thymol, carvacrol, and euganol) during the production stages (from 28–78 wk of age). Birds were randomly divided into 2 groups with each of 2,000 birds. The first group was moved to laying cages while the second group was a floor reared. Each group was randomly divided into 4 groups (5 replicates of 100 birds each): The first were considered as a control group, and the second, third, and fourth groups were treated with thymol, carvacrol, and euganol EO, respectively. The results showed that hens reared in cage system had higher egg weight ( P < 0.05), egg production, egg mass, and feed intake and better feed conversion ratio ( P < 0.001) than those reared in the floor system. Blood picture values (except white blood cells), phagocytic index, phagocytic activity, and blood chemistry parameters (except calcium, phosphorus, and urea values) of laying hens were not affected ( P > 0.05) by housing system. The groups fed EOs showed a rapid improvement ( P < 0.001) in the egg production%, egg weight, egg mass, and egg quality. Thymol group had the highest egg production ( P < 0.001). Thymol and eugenol groups had the highest egg weight, egg mass, and egg quality ( P < 0.001). The groups fed diets containing thymol or eugenol consumed lower feed and had better feed conversion ratio ( P < 0.001) than the control group. Immunity indices (phagocytic activity [ P < 0.05], avian influenza [AIH5 and AIH9], P < 0.001) were improved with the presence of EOs in the laying hen diet. These results strongly suggest that dietary EO supplementation could be a successful attempt to improve the productive performance, egg quality, and immunity of laying hens.

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“…Up to date, few drugs have been used for a long time to enhance poultry production. For example, the use of antimicrobial with growth promoters to poultry feeds in order to prevent or even cure diseases (Duan et al, 2019;Geetha & Chakravarthula, 2018;Reda, Alagawany, Mahmoud, Mahgoub, & Elnesr, 2019). It is well known that drug-drug interactions (DDIs) may result in abnormal changes in the body as an adverse effect on disease treatment or human food safety (Jones & Ricke, 2003).…”

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Effects of the dietary inclusion of a probiotic or prebiotic on florfenicol pharmacokinetic profile in broiler chicken

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We evaluated the effect of prebiotic or probiotic as feed additives on florfenicol kinetic in broilers feed. Unsexed two hundred, thirty‐five‐day‐old broiler chickens, were put in four equal groups (n = 50). The first group was administrated florfenicol intravenous at 30 mg/kg body weight (BW) only once dosage without pre‐ or probiotic administration to determine the bioavailability. While, the second group was administrated florfenicol (intracrop routes; a dosage of 30 mg/kg BW for five progressive days) without pre‐ or probiotic co‐administration. The third and the fourth groups were administrated the same dose of florfenicol (intracrop route) for five successive days, followed by 10 days of prebiotic or probiotic treatment respectively. The plasma florfenicol % was identified by high‐pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) after the first florfenicol administration (intravenous or intracrop routes) in all groups. Then, the residual levels of florfenicol were determined in liver, kidney and muscle tissues from the second, third and fourth groups which were exposed to florfenicol orally. Our results demonstrated that broilers pre‐treated with prebiotic or probiotic significantly increased Cmax, AUC0–t, AUC0–inf as well as AUMC values, while significant drop was recorded in V/F and CL/F. Prebiotic or probiotic influenced the cumulative effect of florfenicol in liver and kidney tissues of treated birds.

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Use of red pepper oil in quail diets and its effect on performance, carcass measurements, intestinal microbiota, antioxidant indices, immunity and blood constituents

Cited by 62 publications

References 34 publications

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) Oil as a Potential Alternative to Antibiotics in Poultry

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) Oil as a Potential Alternative to Antibiotics in Poultry

Consequences of various housing systems and dietary supplementation of thymol, carvacrol, and euganol on performance, egg quality, blood chemistry, and antioxidant parameters

Effects of the dietary inclusion of a probiotic or prebiotic on florfenicol pharmacokinetic profile in broiler chicken

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