Planta Med 2019; 85(18): 1420
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3399716
Abstracts of Short Lectures
Short Lectures Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Short Lectures I: Veterinary Medicine
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The effect of mixture of carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and capsicum oleoresin on metabolic parameters in broiler chickens

B Hengl
1   Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food, Center for Food Safety, Ivana Gundulića 36b, Osijek, Croatia
,
M Đidara
2   J.J. Strossmayer University Faculty of Agrobiotechnical sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, Osijek, Croatia
,
M Speranda
2   J.J. Strossmayer University Faculty of Agrobiotechnical sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, Osijek, Croatia
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Publication Date:
20 December 2019 (online)

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Among dietary phytonutrients, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde, and Capsicum oleoresin are well known for growth promotion and gene expression influence particularly associated with lipid metabolism. Mostly of changes in gene expression were seen in the Capsicum-fed broilers with 98 upregulated and 156 downregulated genes [1]. Phytochemicals are potential feed additives possessing multiple functions, including immunomodulatory effect [2].

The effect of a mixture of carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde, and Capsicum oleoresin (Xtract®; XT, Pancosma S.A., Geneva, Switzerland) was tested on 96 broiler chicken hybrid Ross 308, during 42 days, divided in two groups. Chicken were fed with corn-soybean meal diet and offer as a starter (22% CP, 12.34 MJ ME; until 15 day), finisher 1 (20% CP and 12.76 MJ ME, until 24 day) and finisher 2 (17.7% CP and 12.63 MJ ME, until 42 day). Experimental group (E) had addition of plant extract mixture (100 mg/kg). Significantly(P < 0.05) higher body weight had chicks from the E group 25th day of the trial, but until the end that differences were not significant [as published previously, [3]. Chicken from the E group had significantly (P < 0.05) lower glucose and LDL-cholesterol concentration, lower total protein, albumin and cholesterol concentration 25th day, but higher concentration of iron (P < 0.05), total protein, albumin, cholesterol, HDL and LDL at the end of the trial. Lower number of white blood cells (P < 0.05) and share of heterophyls but higher share of lymphocytes and iron concentration during the whole trial, show positive effect of plant additive on metabolism, better utilization of nutrients and possible immunomodulatory effect.

 

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