Growth and Immune Responses, Oxidative Stress Biomarkers, and Antioxidative Enzymes of Broilers Fed with Supplementation of Chenopodium ambrosioides L. and Crassocephalum crepidioides leaf meals

Authors : Andrew Falowo

Pages : 92-99

Doi:10.46897/livestockstudies.1418212

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Publication Date : 2023-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study assessed the effect of dietary supplementation of Crassocephalum crepidioides (CCLM) and Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (CALM) leaf meals on relative growth rate, oxidative stress biomarkers, immune response, serum and meat antioxidative enzymes of broilers. A total of 120 one-day-old Cobb 500 chicks were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments (three replicates of 10 birds/treatment) as follows, Diet 1 (basal/control diet), Diet 2 (basal +200mg/kgVitC), Diet 3 (basal +2500mg/kgCCLM) and Diet 4 (basal +2500mg/kgCALM) for 42 days. The result revealed that supplementation of CCLM and CALM significantly reduced (P 0.05) the relative growth rate and antioxidant content of breast muscle compared to control group. It’s concluded that CCLM and CALM could be used as natural additive to alleviate oxidative damage, improve immune system and serum antioxidant content of broilers.
Keywords : Broiler, Immune system, Leaf meal, Supplement, Stress biomarkers

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