Effect of Essential Oil and Organic Acid on Performance, Gut Health, Bacterial Count and Serological Parameters in Broiler

Iqbal, Haroon; Rahman, Abdur; Khanum, Sadia; Arshad, Muhammad; Badar, Iftikhar Hussain; Asif, A. R.; Hayat, Zafar; Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir

doi:10.1590/1806-9061-2021-1443

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“…In summary, the results between various studies were quite different and inconsistent due to the range of inclusion levels, active ingredient compounds, EO types used, basal feed composition, diseases, environmental conditions and herb origin. It was also stated by Iqbal et al (2021).…”

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“…Czech Journal of Animal Science, 68, 2023 (4): 141-160 https://doi.org/10.17221/99/2022-CJAS ply OAs and OEs has been widely practiced (Iqbal et al 2021;Vinolya et al 2021) and brings remarkable effects. EOs are volatile oils extracted from various plants that have antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activities; as well as immunomodulatory, hypolipidaemic and digestive stimulating effects which could be applied to alleviate heat stress in poultry production (Gopi et al 2014;Micciche et al 2018).…”

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Recent advances of using organic acids and essential oils as in-feed antibiotic alternative in poultry feeds

Qui¹

2023

CZECH J ANIM SCI

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Antibiotics used in animal feeds have recently been strictly regulated to avoid antibiotic resistance in humans. Thus, scientists are compelled to find new feed additives to replace antibiotics in feed. Apart from having a zero effect on human health, new alternatives may even be able to further improve production performance. Essential oils (EOs) and organic acids (OAs) stood out as powerful and useful replacements for both animal production and human population. These are added to chicken diets and drinking water to induce a favourable growth response. Hence, enhancing the nutrient digestibility, performance, and immunity of birds, OAs and EOs are used in livestock production mainly to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria and simultaneously maintain the balance of intestinal bacteria. This improves the digestion of nutrients and mineral absorption which will eventually lead to better feed efficiency. The addition of OAs and EOs also causes the intestinal lining to thin, which further enhances nutrient absorption and utilization. Not only for poultry production, the effect of OAs and EOs can also improve poultry immunity and antioxidant capacity. However, the effects will vary depending on the type of OAs and EOs because their mode of action is dependent on their pKa value. In the present review, beneficial properties of OAs and EOs, as well as various dose combinations, to promote their optimal use in poultry nutrition and production will be examined. Their effects on supporting protein digestion, faster absorption of minerals, especially microminerals, stimulating growth performance, regulating antioxidant capacity, and improving immune response will be explored.

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Recent advances of using organic acids and essential oils as in-feed antibiotic alternative in poultry feeds

Qui¹

2023

CZECH J ANIM SCI

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“…This situation is in agreement with a previous study reporting that the inclusion of 1% jujube in the basal diet positively influenced both the live weight and daily live weight of quails during a feeding trial of 38 days [ 45 ]. A supplementation of 0.1 g/kg of essential oils was found to improve the growth performance of broiler chicks through a trial that lasted for 35 days [ 46 ]. Similar findings have been observed in other species.…”

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Dietary Dried Jujube Fruit Powder (DJFP) Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Antioxidant Stability, and Meat Composition in Broilers

Yang

Zhu

Liu

et al. 2023

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Nowadays, broiler production is faced with great challenges due to intensive culture modes, and chickens are more susceptible to oxidative stress. Consequently, synthetic antioxidants have been used to reduce this process, but their use has shown potential health risks. Thus, the use of natural ingredients has been suggested as a strategy to prevent oxidative stress. This study investigated how dietary dried jujube fruit powder (DJFP) supplementation influences the growth performance, antioxidant stability, meat composition, and nutritional quality of Cobb broilers. A total of 360 unsexed broilers (1-day-old) were randomly assigned to treatments that varied in DJFP levels: a basal diet without DJFP (control) and diets supplemented with 50 g/kg DJFP (P1), 100 g/kg DJFP (P2), and 150 g/kg DJFP (P3), with 9 replicates per treatment (90 broilers/treatment or 10 broilers/replicate). The results demonstrated improvement in the growth performance of broilers in terms of body weight (BW), body weight gain (WG), average daily body weight gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) following dietary DJFP supplementation. In addition, the antioxidant stabilities in the DJFP-treated broilers were improved and inhibited the production of lipid oxidation products compared with the control, with those in the P2 group showing the most marked effect. Moreover, dietary DJFP supplementation significantly increased (p < 0.05) the activity of antioxidant enzymes in broilers. Furthermore, the breast meat of the broilers displayed an increased protein content with a simultaneous reduction in the fat content after DJFP treatment (p < 0.05). Essential amino acid levels were higher in the DJFP-supplemented groups (p < 0.05). The sum of saturated fatty acids was lower, and that of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and the polyunsaturated fatty acid/saturated fatty acid ratio (PUFA/SFA) were higher in the DJFP-supplemented groups (p < 0.05). Together, these results indicate that up to 100 g/kg of dietary DJFP supplementation can enhance the growth performance and antioxidant capacity, meat composition, and amino acid and fatty acid composition in broiler breast meat. In conclusion, dietary DJFP supplementation is a healthy alternative to the use of synthetic antioxidants in broiler production, especially in regions rich in jujube resources.

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“…The most promising replacement for AGP may be a combination of different feed additives that have the potential to replace antibiotics [ 7 ]. Interestingly, it was reported that essential oils could increase the permeability of the bacterial cell membrane, resulting in an increase in undissociated organic acids into the cytoplasm of pathogenic bacteria and thus hampering bacteria’s cellular metabolism by reducing cellular pH [ 14 , 15 ]. A previous study also found that organic acids could reduce the gastrointestinal pH of weaned pigs [ 16 ] and thus strengthen the antibacterial activity of essential oils [ 17 ].…”

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An Encapsulated Organic Acid and Essential Oil Mixture Improves the Intestinal Health of Weaned Piglets by Altering Intestinal Inflammation and Antioxidative Capacity

Liu

Jin

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Simple Summary Weaning stress causes retarded growth, gut disorder and dysfunction, severe diarrhea and higher mortality in weaned piglets. Antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) have been conventionally used to alleviate the negative effects of weaning stress. However, the long-term use of AGP leads to various adverse effects, such as antimicrobial resistance and food drug residues, and threatens public safety. Therefore, AGP should be replaced with residue-free, pollution-free and toxin-free alternatives because several countries and regions have banned the use of AGP in the feed industry. This study investigates the effects of an encapsulated organic acid and essential oil mixture (OAEO) on the growth performance, immuno-antioxidant capacity and intestinal health of weaned piglets. The results reveal that OAEO as an alternative to AGP improved the growth performance, immuno-antioxidant status and intestinal health of weaned piglets partly by activating the Nrf2 signaling pathway and suppressing the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway. Abstract This study investigates the effects of an encapsulated organic acid and essential oil mixture (OAEO) on the growth performance, immuno-antioxidant capacity and intestinal health of weaned piglets. In total, 120 weaned piglets (23 days of age; 6.96 ± 0.08 kg) were randomly allotted to four treatments (six replicates/group; five piglets/replicate): the control group (CON) was fed the basal diet (BD), the antibiotic growth promoters group (AGP) received the BD with 20 mg/kg colistin sulphate and 10 mg/kg bacitracin zinc, and OAEO1 and OAEO2 were fed the BD with 1000 mg/kg and 2000 mg/kg OAEO, respectively. The trial lasted 21 days and then one piglet per replicate was selected for sample collection. OAEO increased the average daily gain, spleen index, serum interleukin (IL)-10, immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgA levels; serum superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activities; and jejunal villus height (VH), VH/crypt depth, goblet cell number, and amylase and trypsin activities ( p < 0.05) compared with CON but reduced the diarrhea rate, serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, malondialdehyde (MDA), and D -lactic acid contents and diamine oxidase (DAO) activity ( p < 0.05). OAEO also increased the jejunal zonula occludens-1, occludin, claudin-1, mucin-2, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), GPX and IL-10 mRNA levels, GPX activity and IL-10 content ( p < 0.05) compared with CON but reduced jejunal MDA, IL-1β and TNF-α contents and Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4, nuclear factor (NF)-κB and TNF-α mRNA levels ( p < 0.05). In addition, AGP increased ADG, serum IgA level and GPX activity, jejunal trypsin activity and IL-10 content and mRNA level ( p < 0.05) compared with CON but reduced the serum TNF-α content and DAO activity and jejunal NF-κB mRNA level ( ...

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Effect of Essential Oil and Organic Acid on Performance, Gut Health, Bacterial Count and Serological Parameters in Broiler

Cited by 9 publications

References 43 publications

Recent advances of using organic acids and essential oils as in-feed antibiotic alternative in poultry feeds

Recent advances of using organic acids and essential oils as in-feed antibiotic alternative in poultry feeds

Dietary Dried Jujube Fruit Powder (DJFP) Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Antioxidant Stability, and Meat Composition in Broilers

An Encapsulated Organic Acid and Essential Oil Mixture Improves the Intestinal Health of Weaned Piglets by Altering Intestinal Inflammation and Antioxidative Capacity

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