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Impact of Dietary Supplementation of Spice Extracts on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility and Antioxidant Response in Broiler Chickens.
Herrero-Encinas, Javier; Huerta, Almudena; Blanch, Marta; Pastor, José Javier; Morais, Sofia; Menoyo, David.
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  • Herrero-Encinas J; Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETS Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de los Biosistemas, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
  • Huerta A; Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETS Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de los Biosistemas, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
  • Blanch M; Lucta S. A., Innovation Division, Animal Science Unit, UAB Research Park, Edifici Eureka, 08193 Bellatrra, Spain.
  • Pastor JJ; Lucta S. A., Innovation Division, Animal Science Unit, UAB Research Park, Edifici Eureka, 08193 Bellatrra, Spain.
  • Morais S; Lucta S. A., Innovation Division, Animal Science Unit, UAB Research Park, Edifici Eureka, 08193 Bellatrra, Spain.
  • Menoyo D; Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETS Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de los Biosistemas, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Animals (Basel) ; 13(2)2023 Jan 10.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36670790
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate the effects of supplementing broiler chicken diets with an encapsulated product based on capsicum and other spice (black pepper and ginger) extracts on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, digestive enzyme activity and antioxidant response. To this end, 480 1-day-old male chicks were randomly assigned to two experimental treatments (12 pens/treatment; 20 birds/pen). Dietary treatments included a basal diet with no additives (CONTROL) and a basal diet supplemented with 250 ppm of the spice additive (SPICY; Lucta S.A., Spain). Supplementation of SPICY increased body weight (p < 0.05) compared with CONTROL at 7 d of age and improved (p < 0.01) ADG from 0 to 7 d of age. The apparent ileal digestibility of dry matter, gross energy and crude protein was higher (p < 0.05) in birds fed the SPICY diet compared with the CONTROL diet. Birds fed SPICY showed lower (p < 0.05) plasma catalase (CAT) activity, and the hepatic gene expression of CAT and Nrf2 was down-regulated (p < 0.05) compared with the CONTROL. In conclusion, the inclusion of 250 ppm of SPICY in broiler diets improved growth performance at 7 d of age and positively affected nutrient digestibility and antioxidant response.
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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Animals (Basel) Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: España

Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Animals (Basel) Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: España