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Goji Berries Supplementation in the Diet of Rabbits and Other Livestock Animals: A Mini-Review of the Current Knowledge
In the last decades, several nutraceutical substances have received great attention for their potential role in the prevention and treatment of different diseases as well as for their beneficial effects in promoting the health of humans and animals. Goji berries (GBs) are the fruit of Lycium barbaru...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841604/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.823589 |
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author | Agradi, Stella Draghi, Susanna Cotozzolo, Elisa Barbato, Olimpia Castrica, Marta Quattrone, Alda Sulce, Majlind Vigo, Daniele Menchetti, Laura Ceccarini, Maria Rachele Andoni, Egon Riva, Federica Marongiu, Maria Laura Curone, Giulio Brecchia, Gabriele |
author_facet | Agradi, Stella Draghi, Susanna Cotozzolo, Elisa Barbato, Olimpia Castrica, Marta Quattrone, Alda Sulce, Majlind Vigo, Daniele Menchetti, Laura Ceccarini, Maria Rachele Andoni, Egon Riva, Federica Marongiu, Maria Laura Curone, Giulio Brecchia, Gabriele |
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description | In the last decades, several nutraceutical substances have received great attention for their potential role in the prevention and treatment of different diseases as well as for their beneficial effects in promoting the health of humans and animals. Goji berries (GBs) are the fruit of Lycium barbarum and other species of Lycium, used in traditional Chinese medicine, and they have recently become very popular in the Occidental world because of their properties, such as anti-aging, antioxidant, anticancer, neuroprotective, cytoprotective, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory activities. These effects are essentially evaluated in clinical trials in humans; in experimental animal models, such as mice and rats; and in cell lines in in vitro studies. Only recently has scientific research evaluated the effects of GBs diet supplementation in livestock animals, including rabbits. Although studies in the zootechnical field are still limited and the investigation of the GB mechanisms of action is in an early stage, the results are encouraging. This review includes a survey of the experimental trials that evaluated the effects of the GBs supplementation on reproductive and productive performances, immune system, metabolic homeostasis, and meat quality principally in the rabbit with also some references to other livestock animal species. Evidence supports the idea that GB supplementation could be used in rabbit breeding, although future studies should be conducted to establish the optimal dose to be administered and to assess the sustainability of the use of GBs in the diet of the rabbit. |
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spelling | pubmed-88416042022-02-15 Goji Berries Supplementation in the Diet of Rabbits and Other Livestock Animals: A Mini-Review of the Current Knowledge Agradi, Stella Draghi, Susanna Cotozzolo, Elisa Barbato, Olimpia Castrica, Marta Quattrone, Alda Sulce, Majlind Vigo, Daniele Menchetti, Laura Ceccarini, Maria Rachele Andoni, Egon Riva, Federica Marongiu, Maria Laura Curone, Giulio Brecchia, Gabriele Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science In the last decades, several nutraceutical substances have received great attention for their potential role in the prevention and treatment of different diseases as well as for their beneficial effects in promoting the health of humans and animals. Goji berries (GBs) are the fruit of Lycium barbarum and other species of Lycium, used in traditional Chinese medicine, and they have recently become very popular in the Occidental world because of their properties, such as anti-aging, antioxidant, anticancer, neuroprotective, cytoprotective, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory activities. These effects are essentially evaluated in clinical trials in humans; in experimental animal models, such as mice and rats; and in cell lines in in vitro studies. Only recently has scientific research evaluated the effects of GBs diet supplementation in livestock animals, including rabbits. Although studies in the zootechnical field are still limited and the investigation of the GB mechanisms of action is in an early stage, the results are encouraging. This review includes a survey of the experimental trials that evaluated the effects of the GBs supplementation on reproductive and productive performances, immune system, metabolic homeostasis, and meat quality principally in the rabbit with also some references to other livestock animal species. Evidence supports the idea that GB supplementation could be used in rabbit breeding, although future studies should be conducted to establish the optimal dose to be administered and to assess the sustainability of the use of GBs in the diet of the rabbit. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8841604/ /pubmed/35174242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.823589 Text en Copyright © 2022 Agradi, Draghi, Cotozzolo, Barbato, Castrica, Quattrone, Sulce, Vigo, Menchetti, Ceccarini, Andoni, Riva, Marongiu, Curone and Brecchia. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Agradi, Stella Draghi, Susanna Cotozzolo, Elisa Barbato, Olimpia Castrica, Marta Quattrone, Alda Sulce, Majlind Vigo, Daniele Menchetti, Laura Ceccarini, Maria Rachele Andoni, Egon Riva, Federica Marongiu, Maria Laura Curone, Giulio Brecchia, Gabriele Goji Berries Supplementation in the Diet of Rabbits and Other Livestock Animals: A Mini-Review of the Current Knowledge |
title | Goji Berries Supplementation in the Diet of Rabbits and Other Livestock Animals: A Mini-Review of the Current Knowledge |
title_full | Goji Berries Supplementation in the Diet of Rabbits and Other Livestock Animals: A Mini-Review of the Current Knowledge |
title_fullStr | Goji Berries Supplementation in the Diet of Rabbits and Other Livestock Animals: A Mini-Review of the Current Knowledge |
title_full_unstemmed | Goji Berries Supplementation in the Diet of Rabbits and Other Livestock Animals: A Mini-Review of the Current Knowledge |
title_short | Goji Berries Supplementation in the Diet of Rabbits and Other Livestock Animals: A Mini-Review of the Current Knowledge |
title_sort | goji berries supplementation in the diet of rabbits and other livestock animals: a mini-review of the current knowledge |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841604/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.823589 |
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