Agriculture (Nov 2021)

Dietary Grape (<i>Vitis vinifera</i>) Seed Powder and Zn–Gly Chelate Complex for Mitigating Heat Stress in Broiler Chickens: Growth Parameters, Malondialdehyde, Paraoxonase-1, and Antibody Titer

  • Muhammad Israr,
  • Naila Chand,
  • Rifat Ullah Khan,
  • Ibrahim A. Alhidary,
  • Mutassim M. Abdelrahman,
  • Hani Hassan Al-Baddani,
  • Vito Laudadio,
  • Vincenzo Tufarelli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11111087
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 11
p. 1087

Abstract

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A total of 300 day old broiler chicks (Hubbard) were assigned to 30 floor pens (10 birds per pen) under cyclic heat stress. Three diets including a control, as well as two levels of grape seed powder (GSP) and zinc (OZ) at the rates of 2.5 g/kg GSP + 50 mg/kg OZ and 5 g/kg GSP + 50 mg/kg OZ, were supplied to the broilers for 35 days. According to the results, broiler feed intake improved (p p p p p p < 0.05) in GSP + OZ groups compared to untreated broilers. In conclusion, GSP + OZ positively supported growth traits, reduced MDA, and augmented PON1 and HI titer against ND in broilers exposed to heat stress.

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