Journal
TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages 3899-3905Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-020-02352-0
Keywords
Antioxidant; Blood metabolite; Broiler chicken; Pomegranate peel infusion
Funding
- DBT [BT/PR25311/NER/95/1127/2017]
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Pomegranate fruit peel is a great source of natural polyphenols. The objective of the present study was to evaluate efficacy of pomegranate peel infusion (PPI) on growth characteristics, feed efficiency, blood metabolites and antioxidant profile of broiler chicken. A total of 200 broiler chickens were randomly assigned to 4 treatments with 5 replicates of 10 birds. Pomegranate peel infusion was supplemented in drinking water to 3 treatment groups in a graded dose. At the end of the trial (42 days), 2 broiler chickens from each pen were sampled for serum and liver tissue. Results revealed that low-dose (50 mL/L) PPI influenced (L:P < 0.001) final body weight, daily body weight gain, and feed conversion ratio. Quadratic effect (Q:P < 0.001) was found in overall body weight, average daily gain in body weight, and average daily feed intake. It was also observed that PPI had significant (L:P < 0.05) hypo-lipidaemic effect. PPI supplementation reduced (L:P < 0.01) lipid peroxidation in all supplemented birds. Reduced glutathione and catalase in the liver tissue was also increased linearly (L:P < 0.05) by PPI supplementation, suggesting that natural polyphenols present in the PPI can stimulate antioxidant defence system. Thus, it could be concluded that low-dose supplementation of pomegranate peel infusion could be of great benefits in broiler chickens as a source of natural antioxidants.
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