Dietary supplementation of milk thistle (Silybum marianum): growth performance, oxidative stress, and immune response in natural summer stressed broilers

The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of dietary supplementation of various levels of milk thistle (MT) on growth performance, oxidative stress, and immune response of natural summer stressed broilers. A total of 120 1-day old broiler chicks were distributed into 4 treatments: MT-0 (...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tropical animal health and production 2020-03, Vol.52 (2), p.711-715
Hauptverfasser:	Ahmad, Munib, Chand, Naila, Khan, Rifat Ullah, Ahmad, Nazir, Khattak, Irfan, Naz, Shabana
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal Feed - analysis Animals Antibodies Biomedical and Life Sciences Body weight Chickens - growth & development Chickens - immunology Chickens - physiology Chicks Conversion ratio Diet - veterinary Dietary supplements Dietary Supplements - analysis Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Feed conversion Heat Stress Disorders - prevention & control Heat Stress Disorders - veterinary Immune response Immune system Immunity, Innate - drug effects Juveniles Life Sciences Malondialdehyde Oxidative stress Oxidative Stress - drug effects Paraoxonase Physical growth Random Allocation Regular Articles Silybum Silybum marianum - chemistry Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:	The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of dietary supplementation of various levels of milk thistle (MT) on growth performance, oxidative stress, and immune response of natural summer stressed broilers. A total of 120 1-day old broiler chicks were distributed into 4 treatments: MT-0 (control), MT-5 (5 g/kg of MT), MT-10 (10 g/kg of MT), and MT-15 (15 g/kg of MT), each with 3 replicates having 10 birds per replicate. Results showed that overall feed intake, body weight, feed conversion ratio (FCR), and dressing percentage were significantly ( P
ISSN:	0049-4747 1573-7438
DOI:	10.1007/s11250-019-02060-4