Evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance, hepatic histomorphology, antioxidant activity, blood biochemical parameters, and inflammatory responses
This investigation aimed to assess the potential impact of frankincense oil (FKO) from Boswellia serrata on broiler chicken growth performance parameters, including body weight (BW), body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) during the starter, grower, and finisher ph...
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| author | Shimaa A. Amer Amany Behairy Ghada I. Abd El-Rahman Ahmed Gouda Abdel-Wahab A. Abdel-Warith Elsayed M. Younis Amr A. Moustafa Hebatallah Abdel Moniem Simon J. Davies Asmaa EL-Sayed Kamel |
| author_facet | Shimaa A. Amer Amany Behairy Ghada I. Abd El-Rahman Ahmed Gouda Abdel-Wahab A. Abdel-Warith Elsayed M. Younis Amr A. Moustafa Hebatallah Abdel Moniem Simon J. Davies Asmaa EL-Sayed Kamel |
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| description | This investigation aimed to assess the potential impact of frankincense oil (FKO) from Boswellia serrata on broiler chicken growth performance parameters, including body weight (BW), body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) during the starter, grower, and finisher phases. We also evaluated the hepatic histology, serum hepatorenal function tests, antioxidant activity, and inflammatory responses. A total of 400 three-day-old male chicks (Ross 308 broiler) (100.40 ± 0.13 g) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups (10 replicates/group, ten chicks/replicate). The birds were fed basal diet (FKO0, control group) or basal diet supplemented with 200, 400, and 600 FKO/kg of diet (FKO200, FKO400, FKO600, respectively). The experiment lasted 35 days. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis revealed that FKO contained 36 constituents, with the dominant compounds being 1,6,10-DODECATRIEN-3-OL, 3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-, [S-(Z)]- (12.42%), ç-Elemene (12.42%), à-Farnesene (12.42%), PHENOL and 2,4-BIS(1,1-DIMETHYLETHYL)- (7.15%). Distinctive FKO levels (200-600 mg/kg) showed greater BW without influencing total feed intake compared to the FKO0 treatment. The FCR was improved by the addition of FKO to the diets. The blood concentrations of alanine aminotransferase and creatinine increased (p < 0.05) in the FKO600 treatment. Dietary FKO linearly lowered serum malondialdehyde levels and enhanced blood total antioxidant capacity, catalase, superoxide dismutase, and pro-inflammatory cytokines (interleukine-1 β and interferon γ) compared to the control group. Broilers fed FKO at levels 200–600 mg kg−1 diet also exhibited lower serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Furthermore, the FKO400 and FKO600 treatments showed an increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (p < 0.01). Histomorphological analysis of the liver indicated no significant differences between the FKO-supplemented groups and the control group. However, the immunoexpression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine (transforming growth factor β) was considerably increased in the liver and spleen tissues of birds fed FKO in a level-dependent manner. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of FKO at levels up to 600 mg/kg can serve as a natural growth promoter in broiler chickens, leading to enhanced growth, hypolipidemic properties, antioxidant status, and immune responses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dfb1fdc24cf647dc9aaea07c0d09eee42025-08-20T02:07:48ZengTaylor & Francis GroupItalian Journal of Animal Science1594-40771828-051X2023-12-0122184185510.1080/1828051X.2023.22481772248177Evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance, hepatic histomorphology, antioxidant activity, blood biochemical parameters, and inflammatory responsesShimaa A. Amer0Amany Behairy1Ghada I. Abd El-Rahman2Ahmed Gouda3Abdel-Wahab A. Abdel-Warith4Elsayed M. Younis5Amr A. Moustafa6Hebatallah Abdel Moniem7Simon J. Davies8Asmaa EL-Sayed Kamel9Department of Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition, Zagazig UniversityDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig UniversityDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Zagazig UniversityDepartment of Animal Production, Agricultural & Biological Research Division, Center of National ResearchDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud UniversityDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud UniversityDepartment of Biochemistry, Zagazig UniversityAnimal Production, Department of Animal Wealth Development, Suez Canal UniversitySchool of Science and Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway Republic of IrelandDepartment of Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition, Zagazig UniversityThis investigation aimed to assess the potential impact of frankincense oil (FKO) from Boswellia serrata on broiler chicken growth performance parameters, including body weight (BW), body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) during the starter, grower, and finisher phases. We also evaluated the hepatic histology, serum hepatorenal function tests, antioxidant activity, and inflammatory responses. A total of 400 three-day-old male chicks (Ross 308 broiler) (100.40 ± 0.13 g) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups (10 replicates/group, ten chicks/replicate). The birds were fed basal diet (FKO0, control group) or basal diet supplemented with 200, 400, and 600 FKO/kg of diet (FKO200, FKO400, FKO600, respectively). The experiment lasted 35 days. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis revealed that FKO contained 36 constituents, with the dominant compounds being 1,6,10-DODECATRIEN-3-OL, 3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-, [S-(Z)]- (12.42%), ç-Elemene (12.42%), à-Farnesene (12.42%), PHENOL and 2,4-BIS(1,1-DIMETHYLETHYL)- (7.15%). Distinctive FKO levels (200-600 mg/kg) showed greater BW without influencing total feed intake compared to the FKO0 treatment. The FCR was improved by the addition of FKO to the diets. The blood concentrations of alanine aminotransferase and creatinine increased (p < 0.05) in the FKO600 treatment. Dietary FKO linearly lowered serum malondialdehyde levels and enhanced blood total antioxidant capacity, catalase, superoxide dismutase, and pro-inflammatory cytokines (interleukine-1 β and interferon γ) compared to the control group. Broilers fed FKO at levels 200–600 mg kg−1 diet also exhibited lower serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Furthermore, the FKO400 and FKO600 treatments showed an increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (p < 0.01). Histomorphological analysis of the liver indicated no significant differences between the FKO-supplemented groups and the control group. However, the immunoexpression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine (transforming growth factor β) was considerably increased in the liver and spleen tissues of birds fed FKO in a level-dependent manner. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of FKO at levels up to 600 mg/kg can serve as a natural growth promoter in broiler chickens, leading to enhanced growth, hypolipidemic properties, antioxidant status, and immune responses.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2023.2248177broilers chickensfrankincense oilantioxidantslipid profileliver histoarchitectureimmunohistochemistry |
| spellingShingle | Shimaa A. Amer Amany Behairy Ghada I. Abd El-Rahman Ahmed Gouda Abdel-Wahab A. Abdel-Warith Elsayed M. Younis Amr A. Moustafa Hebatallah Abdel Moniem Simon J. Davies Asmaa EL-Sayed Kamel Evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance, hepatic histomorphology, antioxidant activity, blood biochemical parameters, and inflammatory responses Italian Journal of Animal Science broilers chickens frankincense oil antioxidants lipid profile liver histoarchitecture immunohistochemistry |
| title | Evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance, hepatic histomorphology, antioxidant activity, blood biochemical parameters, and inflammatory responses |
| title_full | Evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance, hepatic histomorphology, antioxidant activity, blood biochemical parameters, and inflammatory responses |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance, hepatic histomorphology, antioxidant activity, blood biochemical parameters, and inflammatory responses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance, hepatic histomorphology, antioxidant activity, blood biochemical parameters, and inflammatory responses |
| title_short | Evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance, hepatic histomorphology, antioxidant activity, blood biochemical parameters, and inflammatory responses |
| title_sort | evaluation of dietary supplementation of frankincense oil on broiler chicken growth performance hepatic histomorphology antioxidant activity blood biochemical parameters and inflammatory responses |
| topic | broilers chickens frankincense oil antioxidants lipid profile liver histoarchitecture immunohistochemistry |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2023.2248177 |
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