Effect of feeding dried sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) peel and lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus) leaves on growth performance, carcass traits, serum metabolites and antioxidant status in broiler during the finisher phase

The current experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding dried sweet orange peel (SOP) and lemon grass leaves (LGL) as feed additives on broiler growth performance, serum metabolites, and antioxidant status. A total of 192-day-old (Ross 308) broiler chickens were distributed randomly...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2016-09, Vol.23 (17), p.17077-17082
Main Authors: Alzawqari, M. H., Al-Baddany, A. A., Al-Baadani, H. H., Alhidary, I. A., Khan, Rifat Ullah, Aqil, G. M., Abdurab, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additives
Animal Feed
Animals
Antibiotics
Antioxidants
Antioxidants - analysis
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Biomarkers - blood
Birds
Body weight
Chickens
Chickens - blood
Chickens - metabolism
Cholesterol
Citrus fruits
Citrus sinensis
Cymbopogon
Cymbopogon citratus
Diet
Dietary Supplements
Earth and Environmental Science
Eating - drug effects
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental science
Experiments
Feed additives
Feed conversion
Feeds
Fruits
Grasses
Low density lipoprotein
Metabolites
Nutrition research
Physical growth
Potassium
Poultry
Proteins
Research Article
Studies
Vitamin C
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Weight Gain - drug effects
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Summary:The current experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding dried sweet orange peel (SOP) and lemon grass leaves (LGL) as feed additives on broiler growth performance, serum metabolites, and antioxidant status. A total of 192-day-old (Ross 308) broiler chickens were distributed randomly into 4 dietary treatments with 4 replicates per each treatment. The dietary treatments included a control diet without any feed additive (T1), a diet containing 0.8 % SOP (T2), a diet containing 0.8 % LGL (T3), and a diet containing combination of 0.4 % SOP + 0.4 % LGL (T4) was fed during the growth period from 22 to 42 days. Feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass traits, serum components, and antioxidant status were measured. At the end of the experimental period, the results indicated that supplementation of SOP and LGL alone or in combination did not significantly ( P  > 0.05) affect BWG, FI, FCR, and carcass characteristics in broiler chickens. Serum total protein was increased significantly ( P  
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-016-6879-7