@article{Azizi_Passantino_Akter_Javandel_Seidavi_Bahar_O’Shea_Laudadio_Tufarelli_2020, title={Effect of sumac (Rhus coriaria L.) seed powderon growth, carcass traits, blood parameters, immune system and selected ileal microorganisms of broilers}, volume={56}, url={https://veterinariaitaliana.izs.it/index.php/VetIt/article/view/1892}, DOI={10.12834/VetIt.1892.10049.3}, abstractNote={<p><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 605.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.885804);">Sumac (</span><span style="left: 375.586px; top: 605.712px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.911552);">Rhus coriaria</span><span style="left: 454.894px; top: 605.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.951093);"> L.) is a plant species belong to Anacardiaceous family that is worldwide </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 623.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.980226);">diffused. The sumac seed power (SSP), produced by grinding dried fruits, is recognized to </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 641.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.997068);">have defensive and beneficial effects on numerous health‑related problems. In this study, </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 659.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00305);">SSP was included in broilers basal‑diet to investigate the comparative effects of different </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 677.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.903059);">levels of SSP on performance, carcass characteristics, blood parameters, immune system </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 695.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.945423);">and ileal microorganisms. A total of 225, one day‑old male broilers (Ross 308) were randomly </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 713.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.963935);">assigned to the five dietary treatments with three replicates per treatment. The experimental </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 731.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.972922);">diets were: basal‑diet (BD); and BD including 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20% SSP, respectively. </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 749.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.920367);">During the whole feeding period (42 days), birds fed corn‑based grower (1‑21 days) and </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 767.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.948623);">finisher (22‑42 days) diets, respectively. Results indicated that supplementing SSP had </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 785.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00127);">no effect on broiler body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion as well as carcass </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 803.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.0051);">characteristics (P > 0.05). Similarly, blood total protein, albumin, glucose and triglyceride </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 821.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.958755);">were not influenced by dietary SSP. Conversely, serum total cholesterol and LDL‑cholesterol </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 839.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.921546);">levels were decreased, while HDL‑cholesterol increased in all SSP fed groups compared </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 857.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.94502);">to control (</span><span style="left: 398.747px; top: 857.712px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;">P</span><span style="left: 406.501px; top: 857.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.901445);"> < 0.05). In this study the addition of SSP in broilers diets did not show any </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 875.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02093);">effect on blood heterophils and lymphocyte. Moreover, the lactobacillus count remained </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 893.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.978132);">unaffected by dietary treatments, while </span><span style="left: 593.032px; top: 893.712px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.827281);">E. coli </span><span style="left: 635.071px; top: 893.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.96552);">count in broiler ileal content was lower </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 911.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.973651);">when fed 0.10% SSP than the other groups (</span><span style="left: 607.348px; top: 911.712px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;">P</span><span style="left: 615.102px; top: 911.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.9797);"> < 0.05). Thus, the present findings indicated </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 929.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00156);">a positive effect of feeding SSP (especially at 0.10% diet) on blood cholesterol levels and </span><span style="left: 325.984px; top: 947.712px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.87);">E. coli</span><span style="left: 360.784px; top: 947.727px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.983254);"> count in broiler chickens.</span></p>}, number={3}, journal={Veterinaria Italiana}, author={Azizi, Maryam and Passantino, Giuseppe and Akter, Yeasmin and Javandel, Faramin and Seidavi, Alireza and Bahar, Bojlul and O’Shea, Cormac J. and Laudadio, Vito and Tufarelli, Vincenzo}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={185–192} }