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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Animal Nutrition and Metabolism
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1463613
This article is part of the Research Topic Natural Compounds/Products and Livestock Productivity: Enhancing Antioxidant Levels, Gut Health, Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Disease Control View all 5 articles

Effect of ginseng stem leaf extract on the production perfor-mance, meat quality, antioxidant status, immune function, and lipid metabolism of broilers

Provisionally accepted
Peng Zhang Peng Zhang 1*Haoyue Zhang Haoyue Zhang 2Chuanjie Ma Chuanjie Ma 1Qiufeng Lv Qiufeng Lv 2Haiyang Yu Haiyang Yu 3Qiang Zhang Qiang Zhang 3
  • 1 Shenyang Institute of Technology, Shenfu New District, China
  • 2 Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
  • 3 Liaoning Zhongqing Xinze Biotechnology Co. LTD, Huludao, China

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    The present study explores the effect of ginseng stem leaf (GSL) extract on the production performance, meat quality, antioxidant status, immune function, and lipid metabolism of white feathered broilers. There were 6 replicates in each group, with 10 broilers in each replicate. In the 42day trial, 300 AA broilers were randomly divided into five groups: control group (CON), 1.25% GSL extract group (GSL-L), 2.5% GSL group (GSL-M), 5% GSL group (GSL-H), and 45 mg/kg chlortetracycline group (CTC). The results showed that different doses of GSL extract could improve the body weight, feed to gain ratio (F/G), average daily feed intake (ADFI), average daily gain (ADG), and meat quality of broilers. Compared with the control group, the addition of different doses of GSL improved the antioxidant and immune abilities of broilers to varying degrees, and the effect of GSL extract was significant in the GSL-H group (p< 0.05). In addition, medium and high doses of GSL extract significantly reduced the blood triglyceride (TG) and total cholesterol (TC) contents of broilers (p < 0.05). In conclusion, adding GSL extract to the feed has a positive impact on the body weight, meat quality, antioxidant capacity, immunity, and blood lipids of broilers.

    Keywords: broilers, ginseng stem leaf extract, Production performance, meat quality, antioxidant, Immunity, Blood lipids

    Received: 12 Jul 2024; Accepted: 26 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhang, Zhang, Ma, Lv, Yu and Zhang. 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) or licensor 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.

    * Correspondence: Peng Zhang, Shenyang Institute of Technology, Shenfu New District, China

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