Evaluation of the Use of Some Medicinal Plants as Diet Additive on Carcass Quality, Microbial Count and Immune Responses in Japanese Quail

Document Type : Original Paper

Authors

1 Department of Animal Science, Agriculture and Natural Resource College, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran

2 Department of Horticultural S ,cience Agriculture and Natural Resource College, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran

Abstract

Herbal plant supplements are one of the important natural growth promoters used as alternatives to commercial antibiotics. This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of spice and Herbal plant products on the growth, carcass qualities, biochemical, Microbial Count and immune response factors in Japanese quail meat. A total of 360 fourteen-day-old Japanese quails female were randomly distributed into 9 groups with 4 replicates (10 quail/rep). Treatments included two levels (0.1 and 0.2%) of each herbal plant (Trachyspermum copticum, Majorana hortensis, Stachys lavandulifolia, Zingiber officinale) product and a control group that received a diet free of herbal products. From the results of this study, it was concluded that the dietary T. copticum, M. hortensis and S. lavandulifolia had no significant effect on live weight of Quail (P < 0.05). The results of this study demonstrated that the use of Z. officinale and M. hortensis increased the percentage of organs weight and Z. officinale increased water holding capacity, moisture (P < 0.05). The results of the present study revealed a significant effect of T. copticum herbal plant supplements on decreasing Total Bacterial Counts, Total coliform count, Triglyceride, cholesterol, pH and increasing Phosphorus and Calcium. In this experiment, S. lavandulifolia increased Ash and Dry matter (P < 0.05), while, T. copticum-0.2%, Z. officinale-0.2% and S. lavandulifolia-0.2% were found to increase the titres of Avian Influenza, and M. hortensis-0.2% increased the titres of Newcastle disease antigens. The study also demonstrated a prominent preservative effect of T. copticum, S. lavandulifolia, Z. officinale, M. hortensis and hence, T. copticum, S. lavandulifolia, Z. officinale and M. hortensis can be considered as a natural food additive in Quail and Quail
products.

Keywords

References

Akbarian A, Golian A, Sheikh Ahmadi A & Moravej H. 2011. Effects of ginger root (Zingiber officinale) on egg yolk cholesterol, antioxidant status and performance of laying hens. Journal of Applied Animal Research, 39: 19–21. DOI: 10.1080/ 09712119.2011.558612
AL Massad M, AL-Ramamneh D, AL-Sharafat A & Hussain N. 2018. Effect of using garlic on the economical and physiological characteristics of broiler chickens. International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources Growth, 10: 1–5. DOI: 10.3103/ S1068367418030096
Aroche R, Martinez Y, Ruan Z, Guan G, Waititu S, Nyachoti CM, Mas D & Lan S. 2018. Dietary inclusion of a mixed powder of medicinal plant leaves enhances the feed efficiency and immune function in broiler chickens. Journal of Chemistry, 2018: 1-6. DOI: 10.1155/2018/4073068
Arpášová H, Gálik B, Hrnčár C, Herkeľ R & Pistová V. 2015. The effect of essential oils on performance of laying hens. Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 48: 8–14.
Babaheydari SB, Dorafshan S, Heyrati FP & Soo NM. 2014. Effect of wood betony (Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl) extract on some serum biochemical changes and acute stress response in juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Iranian Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 1: 17–26. DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.ijaah.1.1.17
Behnamifar A, Rahimi S, Karimi Torshizi M, Hasanpour S & Mohammadzade S. 2015. Effect of thyme, garlic and caraway herbal extracts on blood parameters, productivity, egg quality, hatchability and intestinal bacterial population of laying Japanese quail. Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 9: 179–188. DOI: 10.22059/IJVM. 2015.55286
Bouton PE, Harris PV & Shorthose S. 1971. Effect of ultimate pH upon the water-holding capacity and tenderness of mutton. Journal of Food Science, 36: 435–39.DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1971.tb06382.x.
Brugh TM. 1978. A simple method for recording and analyzing serological data. Avian Diseases, 22: 362–365. DOI: 10.2307/1589552
Chowdhury S, Prasad Mandal G & Kumar Patra AK. 2018. Different essential oils in diets of chickens: 1. Growth performance, nutrient utilization, nitrogen excretion, carcass traits and chemical composition of meat. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 236: 886–897. DOI: 10.1016/ j.anifeedsci.2017.12.002
Dzinic N, Puvaca N, Tasic T, Ikonnic P & Okanovic D. 2015. How meat quality and sensory perception is influenced by feeding poultry plant extracts. World's Poultry Science Journal, 71: 673-682. DOI: 10.1017/S0043933915002378
FAO. 2009. How to feed the world in 2050. Insights from an expert meeting at FAO, 2050: 1–35. DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00312.x
Habibi H, Ghahtan N, Kohanmoo MA & Eskandari F. 2017. Chemical composition and antibacterial effect of medicinal plants against some food-borne pathogens. Research in Molecular Medicine, 5: 14–21. DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.rmm.5.2.14
Habibi H, Ghahtan N & Morammazi S. 2018. The effects of some herbal essential oils against Salmonella and Escherichia coli isolated from infected broiler flocks. Journal of World’s Poultry Research, 8: 74–80.
Hajiaghapour M & Rezaeipour V. 2018. Comparison of two herbal essential oils, probiotic, and mannan-oligosaccharides on egg production, hatchability, serum metabolites, intestinal morphology, and microbiota activity of quail breeders. Livestock Science, 210: 93–98. DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci. 2018.02.007
Hashemi SR & Davoodi H. 2012. Herbal plants as new immuno-stimulator in poultry industry: a review. Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 7: 105-116. DOI: 10.3923/ajava.2012.105.116
Herve T, Raphaël K J, Ferdinand N, Laurine Vitrice F T, Gaye A, Outman M M & Willy Marvel NM. 2018. Growth performance, serum biochemical profile, oxidative status, and fertility traits in male japanese quail fed on ginger (Zingiber officinale, Roscoe) essential oil. Veterinary Medicine International, 1: 1–8. DOI: 10.1155/2018/7682060
Hajati H, Hassanabadi A & Ahmadian. 2014. Application of medicinal plants in poultry nutrition. Journal of Medicinal Plants and By-products, 1: 1-12.
Jang A, Liu XD, Shin MH, Lee BD, Lee SK, Lee JH & Jo C. 2008. Antioxidative potential of raw breast meat from broiler chicks fed a dietary medicinal herb extract mix. Poultry Science, 87: 2382-2389. DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00506
Javidnia K, Mojab F & Mojahedi SA. 2004. Chemical constituents of the essential oil of Stachys lavandulifolia vahl from iran. Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 3: 61–63. DOI: 10.1080/0972-060X.2003.10643347
Karásková K, Suchý P & Straková E. 2015. Current use of phytogenic feed additives in animal nutrition: a review. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 60: 521-530. DOI: 10.17221/8594-CJAS.
Khaksar V, Krimpen MV, Hashemipour H & Pilevar M. 2012. Effects of thyme essential oil on performance, some blood parameters and ileal microflora of japanese quail. The Journal of Poultry Science, 49: 106–110. DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.011089
Khan R U, Naz S, Nikousefat Z, Tufarelli V, Javdani M, Qureshi M S & Laudadio V. 2012. Potential applications of ginger (Zingiber officinale) in poultry diets. World’s Poultry Science Journal, 68: 245–252. DOI: 10.1017/S004393391200030X
Kheiri F, Faghani M & Landy N. 2018. Evaluation of thyme and ajwain as antibiotic growth promoter substitutions on growth performance, carcass characteristics and serum biochemistry in Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica). Animal Nutrition, 4: 79–83. DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2017.09.002
Muhammad AS, Yahaya KM, Bello I, Sani I & Adamu N. 2017. Effect of ginger on the performance, carcass, organs and guts characteristics of japanese quails in semi arid zone of Nigeria. FUW Trends in Science & Technology Journal, 2: 345–349.
Ogbulie JN & Okpokwasili GC. 1999. Haematological and histological responses of clarias gariepinus and heterobranchus bidorsalis to some bacterial diseases in rivers state, nigeria. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 27: 1-61. DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v27i1.2973
Papageorgiou G, Botsoglou N, Govaris A, Giannenas I, Iliadis S & Botsoglou E. 2003. Effect of dietary oregano oil and α-tocopheryl acetate supplementation on iron-induced lipid oxidation of turkey breast, thigh, liver and heart tissues. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 87: 324–335. DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0396.2003.00441.x
Pearson A. 1994. La función múscular y los cambios postmortem. En: Prändl O, Fischer A, Scmidhofert T, Sinell HJ. (Eds) Tegnologia e Higiene de la Carne. Editorial Acribia, Zaragoza, España. Pages, 98-111.
Pethick DW, Rowe JB & Tudor G. 1995. Glycogen metabolism and meat quality. Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, 97–103.
Pirbalouti AG & Mohammadi M. 2013. Phytochemical composition of the essential oil of different populations of Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 3: 123–128. DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60036-2
Rahmani Kahnamoei J, Nasirzadeh M & Jafarzadeh Y. 2014. Effects Of Zingiber Officinale consumption on renal function in quail. Cibtech Journal of Zoology, 3: 70–73.
Ranken MD. 2000. Handbook of meat product technology, (Blackwell Science Oxford).
Saleh N, Allam T, El-latif AA & Ghazy E. 2014. The Effects of dietary supplementation of different levels of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) and ginger (Zingiber officinale) essential oils on performance, hematological, biochemical and immunological parameters of broiler chickens. Global Veterinaria, 12: 736–744. DOI: 10.5829/idosi.gv. 2014.12.06.83189
Salmanzadeh M. 2015. Does dietary ginger rhizome (Zingiber officinale) supplementation improve the performance, intestinal morphology and microflora population, carcass traits and serum metabolites in Japanese quail?. European Poultry Science, 79: 1–10. DOI: 10.1399/eps.2015.90
Shams Shargh M, Dastar B, Zerehdaran S, Khomeiri M & Moradi A. 2012. Effects of using plant extracts and a probiotic on performance, intestinal morphology, and microflora population in broilers. Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 21: 201–208. DOI: 10.3382/japr.2010-00145
Stanwell-Smith R. 2001. Hygiene and the immune system. American Society for Clinical Nutrition, 43: 61–64. DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2001.0859
Swain P, Mohapatra LM, Sethy K, Sahoo PR, Nayak SM, Patro P, Behera K & Pradhan CR. 2017. Effect of ginger and garlic supplement on growth and haemato-biochemical profile of japanese quail (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica). Exploratory Animal and Medical Research, 7: 77–83.
Takatsy GY. 1995. The use of spiral loops in serological and virological micromethods. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, 50: 369–383. DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.50.2003.4.5
Poultry Science Journal
Volume 7, Issue 2
December 2019
Pages 141-150

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics