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Green poultry production: Efficacy of commercial herb additives as improving bird performance, immune responses and intestinal microbiota in domesticated quails

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Academic and Pre-clinical Veterinary Sciences (Physiology, Histology, …rology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology)

Abstract

Poultry meat will persist as the real and indispensable haven to provide people's needs for animal protein, and researchers are doing their best to make it safer, free of any harmful constituents that affect human health. The green economy, including the poultry sector, could be achieved by replacing chemical therapy with plant and organic medication. The purpose of the present study was to assess the effect of the adoption of commercial herb product as additives in domesticated quails. In the current study, a total of 140 Japanese quails were divided into 4 groups: 3 groups (b–d) were additively supplemented with Coxan (herb product), Clazo-Fort (chemical anti-coccidial product), and Coxan alternately with Clazo-Fort, respectively. While group "a" act as a control, non-additive group. The assessment of different parameters in the quails after the additive supplementation revealed that the quails supplemented with the Coxan product had an increase in body weight gain in most period durations and was significant at 7–14 days of age with an increase in the index of bursa of fabricius. The HI titer against NDV vaccines and CD4 T cells showed an elevation in their levels in the Coxan group. In addition, the intestinal microbiota revealed that there was a significant increase in lactobacillus counts in the three additive-supplemented groups, with higher significance in the Coxan group (p<0.0001) with the normal histological structure of the intestine. Overall, these results confirm the acceptable improvement in quail performance and the related parameters by using herb product containing essential oils (oregano and garlic oils) as additive supplements, which may make them a probable alternative for chemical compounds in healthy quail farms.

DOI

10.21608/zvjz.2023.236264.1217

Keywords

quails, coturnix coturnix japonica, Herbal essential oils, immunity, body performance

Authors

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Eid

MiddleName

A M

Affiliation

Department of Avian and Rabbit Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, 44511, Egypt.

Email

amalaeidvet@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

0000-0003-4183-4899

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

ElKholy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Veterinarian, Zefta, El Gharbia, 31641, Egypt

Email

ahmedelkholy10000@gmail.com

City

Zefta, El Gharbia

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-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mousa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 11361, Egypt

Email

mohamedrefat850@gmail.com

City

cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Walaa

Last Name

Abdelaziz

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Department of Avian and Rabbit Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, 44511, Egypt.

Email

walaaabdelaziz80@gmail.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

-

First Name

Reham

Last Name

ElBakrey

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Avian and Rabbit Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, 44511, Egypt.

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rehamemara3@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

0000-0002-8814-058X

Volume

51

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

44323

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2023-09-19

Publish Date

2023-09-01

Page Start

279

Page End

294

Print ISSN

1110-1458

Online ISSN

2357-075X

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https://zvjz.journals.ekb.eg/article_323464.html

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323,464

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601

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Publication Title

Zagazig Veterinary Journal

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https://zvjz.journals.ekb.eg/

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Green poultry production: Efficacy of commercial herb additives as improving bird performance, immune responses and intestinal microbiota in domesticated quails

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30 Dec 2024