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The use of Astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of Japanese quail breeders

Mature Japanese quails (n. 180), aged 8 wk, were divided into 6 groups to evaluate the influence of dietary Astragalus membranaceus powder on laying and reproductive performances, quality of egg, and blood metabolites. A completely randomized design experiment was performed including 6 groups. The f...

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Autores principales: Alagawany, Mahmoud, Farag, Mayada R., Al-Harthi, Mohammed A., Asiry, Khalid A., Bovera, Fulvia, Attia, Youssef A.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37478618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102909
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author Alagawany, Mahmoud
Farag, Mayada R.
Al-Harthi, Mohammed A.
Asiry, Khalid A.
Bovera, Fulvia
Attia, Youssef A.
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Farag, Mayada R.
Al-Harthi, Mohammed A.
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description Mature Japanese quails (n. 180), aged 8 wk, were divided into 6 groups to evaluate the influence of dietary Astragalus membranaceus powder on laying and reproductive performances, quality of egg, and blood metabolites. A completely randomized design experiment was performed including 6 groups. The first group of quails was served as control (basal diet). While, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th group of quails fed a basal diet supplemented with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 g of AM powder/kg diet, respectively. Egg number (EN), weight (EW), and mass (EM) were not significantly influenced by dietary Astragalus membranaceus at all tested levels. The hatchability percentage was quadratically improved by dietary supplementation of A. membranaceus. Dietary supplementation of A. membranaceus positively affects (linear and quadratic) liver and kidney functions. Plasma total cholesterol (TC; P < 0.001) and Triglyceride (TG; P < 0.001) were linearly and quadratically decreased by dietary A. membranaceus increasing level. Blood urea level decreased with increasing A. membranaceus levels in the quail diet. The immunoglobulin G (IgG) and M (IgM) were higher than the control at all A. membranaceus levels. In conclusion, feeding quail breeders with Astragalus membranaceus at 1 g/kg diet has beneficial effects on feed conversion ratio; on production at 2 g/kg diet; on hatchability and immunity at 5 g/kg diet; and on total cholesterol at 3 g/kg diet and on shell quality at 4 g/kg diet. A. membranaceus products are expected to be novel valuable dietary supplements for poultry production, depending on the target trait.
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spelling pubmed-103876002023-08-01 The use of Astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of Japanese quail breeders Alagawany, Mahmoud Farag, Mayada R. Al-Harthi, Mohammed A. Asiry, Khalid A. Bovera, Fulvia Attia, Youssef A. Poult Sci MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION Mature Japanese quails (n. 180), aged 8 wk, were divided into 6 groups to evaluate the influence of dietary Astragalus membranaceus powder on laying and reproductive performances, quality of egg, and blood metabolites. A completely randomized design experiment was performed including 6 groups. The first group of quails was served as control (basal diet). While, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th group of quails fed a basal diet supplemented with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 g of AM powder/kg diet, respectively. Egg number (EN), weight (EW), and mass (EM) were not significantly influenced by dietary Astragalus membranaceus at all tested levels. The hatchability percentage was quadratically improved by dietary supplementation of A. membranaceus. Dietary supplementation of A. membranaceus positively affects (linear and quadratic) liver and kidney functions. Plasma total cholesterol (TC; P < 0.001) and Triglyceride (TG; P < 0.001) were linearly and quadratically decreased by dietary A. membranaceus increasing level. Blood urea level decreased with increasing A. membranaceus levels in the quail diet. The immunoglobulin G (IgG) and M (IgM) were higher than the control at all A. membranaceus levels. In conclusion, feeding quail breeders with Astragalus membranaceus at 1 g/kg diet has beneficial effects on feed conversion ratio; on production at 2 g/kg diet; on hatchability and immunity at 5 g/kg diet; and on total cholesterol at 3 g/kg diet and on shell quality at 4 g/kg diet. A. membranaceus products are expected to be novel valuable dietary supplements for poultry production, depending on the target trait. Elsevier 2023-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10387600/ /pubmed/37478618 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102909 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Alagawany, Mahmoud
Farag, Mayada R.
Al-Harthi, Mohammed A.
Asiry, Khalid A.
Bovera, Fulvia
Attia, Youssef A.
The use of Astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of Japanese quail breeders
title The use of Astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of Japanese quail breeders
title_full The use of Astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of Japanese quail breeders
title_fullStr The use of Astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of Japanese quail breeders
title_full_unstemmed The use of Astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of Japanese quail breeders
title_short The use of Astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of Japanese quail breeders
title_sort use of astragalus membranaceus as an eco-friendly alternative for antibiotics in diets of japanese quail breeders
topic MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37478618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102909
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