Effects of Dietary Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Rhizome Powder Supplementation on Productive Performance, Egg Quality, Antioxidant Capacity, and Hepato-Intestinal Morphology in Pre-Peak Xiaoshan Laying Hens

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第一作者： Derese, Debela Bayu

作者： Derese, Debela Bayu;Sun, Hanxue;Xiong, Xihuai;Li, Ziqing;Malyar, Rahmani Mohammad;Shi, Fangxiong;Derese, Debela Bayu;Sun, Hanxue;Lu, Lizhi;Derese, Debela Bayu;Malyar, Rahmani Mohammad

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关键词： antioxidant enzymes; egg quality; ginger powder; hepato-intestinal morphology; Xiaoshan hens

期刊名称：ANIMALS （ 影响因子：2.7； 五年影响因子：3.2 ）

ISSN： 2076-2615

年卷期： 2025 年 15 卷 15 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Ginger powder (GP) has antioxidant properties and can be a suitable alternative to antibiotics in laying hen diets; however, research on its effects remains limited. Therefore, our study aimed to evaluate the impact of dietary GP supplementation on production performance during the pre-peak production stage. A total of 270 hens, 18 weeks old and averaging 1.83 +/- 0.03 kg, were divided into three groups: control (CN, basal diet), CN + 5 g/kg GP (T1), and CN + 10 g/kg GP (T2), with six replicates of 15 hens each, in a 10-week feeding trial. Dietary GP had no significant effect on feed intake (p > 0.05), but it dose-dependently improved laying rate, egg mass, and feed conversion ratio (p < 0.05). Egg quality parameters, including albumen height, Haugh unit, eggshell thickness, and strength, were also linearly improved with GP supplementation (p < 0.05). Dietary GP linearly enhanced the antioxidant status of hens (p < 0.01) and reduced malondialdehyde activity (p < 0.0001). Furthermore, 10 g/kg GP supplementation slightly improved gizzard index and liver morphology, and it linearly enhanced intestinal morphology (p < 0.01). These findings suggest that 10 g/kg GP supplementation can improve the productivity and health of laying hens.

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