Influence of dietary supplementation of clove and rosemary essential oils or their combination on growth performance, immunity status, and blood antioxidant of growing rabbits

This study aimed to assess the dietary effects of rosemary and clove essential oils separately and in combination on the growth performance; immunological, hematological, and physiological responses; and antioxidant status of growing rabbits. One hundred forty-four of 42-day-old growing V-line rabbi...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2021-11, Vol.53 (5), p.482-482, Article 482
Main Authors: El-Gindy, Yassmine Moemen, Zahran, Soliman Mohamed, Ahmed, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Salem, Abdelfatah Z. M., Misbah, Tahany Rahel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additives
Animal Feed - analysis
Animals
Antioxidants
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Catalase
Diet
Diet - veterinary
Dietary Supplements
Erythrocytes
Essential oils
Glutathione
Glutathione peroxidase
Hemoglobin
Immunity
Immunology
Life Sciences
Oils & fats
Oils, Volatile
Peroxidase
Physiological responses
Rabbits
Regular Articles
Rosemary
Rosmarinus
Superoxide dismutase
Syzygium
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Zoology
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Summary:This study aimed to assess the dietary effects of rosemary and clove essential oils separately and in combination on the growth performance; immunological, hematological, and physiological responses; and antioxidant status of growing rabbits. One hundred forty-four of 42-day-old growing V-line rabbits (both sexes with initial live body weights of 765 ± 6 g) were randomly allocated into four treatment groups of 36 rabbits each. Each group was further sub-divided into 12 replicates of 3 rabbits in a completely randomized design. The 1 st group was fed a basal diet free of additives and served as the control group, the 2 nd and 3 rd groups were fed basal diets supplemented with rosemary and clove essential oils, respectively, at doses of 400 mg/kg diet. The 4 th group received a basal diet supplemented with a combination of clove and rosemary essential oils at doses of 200 mg/kg diet each. The results showed that the different supplementations did not influence rabbit performance or immunological traits. Opposite to performance or immunological traits, differences in red blood cells and hemoglobin value among all dietary treatments were improved ( P  
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-021-02906-w