Plantago ovata in broiler chicken nutrition: Performance, carcass criteria, intestinal morphology, immunity, and intestinal bacterial population

Summary In this experiment, the effect of dietary Plantago ovata (PO) on performance, carcass criteria, intestinal morphology, immunity, and intestinal bacterial population of broiler chickens was evaluated. A total of 250 one‐day‐old male broiler chicks (Ross 308) were randomly assigned to five tre...

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Published in:Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition 2018-02, Vol.102 (1), p.e353-e363
Main Authors: Divani, A., Bagherzadeh‐Kasmani, F., Mehri, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Feed - analysis
Animal nutrition
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Animals
antibody titter
Bacteria
Birds
Body Composition
Body weight
Body weight gain
broiler chick
Cell-mediated immunity
Chickens
Chicks
Conversion ratio
Criteria
Diet
Diet - veterinary
Dietary Supplements
E coli
Feed additives
Feed conversion
Humoral immunity
Immunity
Immunity, Cellular - drug effects
Immunity, Humoral - drug effects
intestinal microbiota
Intestines - drug effects
Intestines - microbiology
Jejunum
Juveniles
Lactobacilli
Male
Meat
Morphology
Nutritional Status
Oxidation
oxidation stability
Performance indices
Plantago
Plantago ovata
Poultry
Small intestine
Villus
villus area
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Summary:Summary In this experiment, the effect of dietary Plantago ovata (PO) on performance, carcass criteria, intestinal morphology, immunity, and intestinal bacterial population of broiler chickens was evaluated. A total of 250 one‐day‐old male broiler chicks (Ross 308) were randomly assigned to five treatments containing 0, 5, 10, 15, or 20 g/kg of PO with five replicate pens and 10 birds in each replicate. Dietary PO increased body weight gain and decreased feed conversion ratio in the finisher period, improving the performance index (p 
ISSN:0931-2439
1439-0396
DOI:10.1111/jpn.12753