Effect of orally administrated of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seed juice on the performance and carcass parameters of broiler chickens

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seed juice in drinking water on the performance and carcass parameters of broiler chickens. A total of 200 DOC of broilers were used for the research. The experiment utilized a completely randomized design in arrangement of four treatments. Each treatment was divided into 5 replications (10 birds each) drank from 8 to 35 d. The birds were housed in battery cages with ad libitum access to feed and water. The treatments were given cucumber seed juice at different concentrations (0, 10, 20, 30 g per liter water, respectively). During which, feed intake, carcass yield, abdominal fat, giblet, blood LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol were measured. Data were subjected to the analysis of variance test followed by honestly significant difference test. Results showed that the diet with cucumber in drinking water was significantly decreased abdominal fat percentage, and increased blood LDL-cholesterol, and also feed conversion, but were no affected to final body weight, giblet, the value of blood HDL-cholesterol, and kept the good value of carcass percentage. It can be concluded that cucumber seed juice in drinking water could be acceptable up to 30 g per liter water.

Preliminary investigation of the activity of aqueous <i>Cucumis sativus</i> fruit extract on the prefrontal cortex in Wistar rats

“…Findings from this study show that there was no significant difference in the final body weight of rats treated with aqueous Cucumis sativus fruit extract, and this is in line with a previous report by Mandey et al, (2020) demonstrating that orally administrated Cucumis sativus seed juice did not affect final body weight in broiler chickens. Reports show that organ weight is a key indicator of the effect of drug toxicity, as substantial differences in organ weight between treated and control animals may ensue without any morphological changes (Piao et al, 2013).…”

Biocontrol Potential of Trichoderma Ghanense and Trichoderma Citrinoviride toward Pythium aphanidermatum

“…The leaves, stems, and roots of the cucumber are commonly employed in Chinese traditional medicine as anti-diarrheal, detoxicant, and anti-gonorrheal medicines [6]. Moreover, the seeds of cucumbers have anti-inflammatory, anti-fever, and antidiabetic effects [7]. Cucumber is one of the three most widely cultivated vegetable crops in Oman.…”

Antibacterial Activity of Aqueous and Ethanol Fruit Extracts of Cucumis ‎sativus Linn. Against Selected Microorganisms at the University of ‎Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri

“…It is one of the most important vegetables used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a result of their antiinflammatory activity (Fapohunda et al, 2018). C. sativus fruit has been reported with various activities such as cytotoxic, antifungal, antacid, carminative, hepatoprotective, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and healing activities (Gopalakrishnan and Kalaiarasi, 2014;Sahu and Sahu, 2015;Mandey et al, 2020;Saeedi et al, 2020). The spread of resistant organisms in the clinical setting presents a considerable public health concern.…”