Isoflavone and Flavanones as a Potential Dietary Strategy to Improve the Health Performance of Broiler Chickens
Flavonoids have been recognized as a health promoting phytochemicals in several animal studies.Among different flavonoids sub-classes,isoflavone and flavanone are known to be important due to their multidimensional health effects.In present study an isoflavone genistein and a flavanone hesperidin were observed individually and in combination for health promoting effects in broiler chickens.One-day-old broilers (n = 360)were divided into six treatment groups and offered corn-soybean basal diet with supplementation of: CON (no additive),G5 (5 mg genistein kg-1 feed),and H20 (20 mg hespericlin kg-l feed); while,other three groups were supplemented with a mixture of genistein and hesperidin (1∶ 4)having dosage of 5 mg·kg-1 (GH5),10 mg·kg-1 (CH10)and 20 mg· kg-1 (GH20)diets.respectively.Chickens were slaughtered at 42 and indices of spleen,thymus and bursa were calculated.Samples including liver and pectoralis major muscle were collected and analyzed for antioxidative parameters including,total antioxidant capacity (TAOC),malondialdehyde production (MDA)and total superoxide dismutase (SOD)activity.Blood samples were also collected from growing broilers at 20.27,34 and 42 d to investigate the antibody titers against Newcastle disease (ND)and avian influenza (AI)disease.Results reveled that.isoflavone genistein and flavanone hesperidin could significantly improve the immune organ indices (P< 0.05 ),antioxidative activity (P <0.05)of liver and pectoralis major and antibody titers (P <0.05)against ND and AI diseases.Effects of combinatorial treatments of genistein and hesperidin were observed better as compared to their individual treatments.These results indicate the potential of isoflavones and flavanones to improve the health of farm animals including broiler chickens.
Kamboh A.A Zhu W-Y
Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences,Sindh Agriculture University,70060 Tandojam,Paki College of Animal Science and Technology,Nanjing Agricultural University,Nanjing 210095,China
国际会议
XVIth International Congress on Animal Hygiene(第十六届动物卫生国际会议(ISAH 2013))
南京
英文
290-292
2013-05-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）