Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Growth Performance, Immune Organ Index and Antioxidant Functions in Broiler Chickens

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Fu, Chunyan

作者： Fu, Chunyan;Zhang, Yan;Jing, Qingchuan;Shi, Tianhong;Wei, Xiangfa;Liu, Xuelan

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关键词： Chinese herbal medicine; Cynanchum atratum; Growth performance; Antibiotic

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：0.822； 五年影响因子：0.906 ）

ISSN： 1560-8530

年卷期： 2018 年 20 卷 7 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： This study was conducted to investigate the effect of five different Chinese herbal medicine separated supplements on growth performance, immune organ index and antioxidant functions in broilers. One-thy-old male Arbor Acres broilers (n=420) were equally allotted to seven treatment groups: basal diet (control) group or basal diet with additional 0.1% Monensin or one kind of Chinese herbal medicine (Cynanchum atratum: CA; Radices Paeoniae alba: RPA; Morus alba L.: MAL; Astragalus membranaceus: AM, or Eucommia ulmoides Oliver: EUO). The results show that CA significantly increased the average weight gain and bursa index and decreased the average daily feed intake and feed/meat ratio (F/G) (P < 0.05), which was similar to that mediated by Monensin. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) concentration in kidney had a increasing tendency in the CA treatment group compared with control (P > 0.05). While MAL supplementation increased the F/G and decreased the survival rate and SOD levels in liver and kidney (P < 0.05). Growth performance was not significantly altered with RPA, AM and EUO supplement to the diet (P > 0.05). Whereas, EUO treatment significantly reduced SOD concentration in heart and liver (P < 0.05), and RPA treatment decreased the SOD concentration in heart and kidney (P < 0.05). In conclusion, these data suggest that the CA is a beneficial Chinese herbal medicine to improve the growth performance in broilers and can be used as an antibiotic alternative in poultry industry. (C) 2018 Friends Science Publishers

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