DIETARY INCORPORATION OF PHYTO FLAVONOID, FAT SOURCE AND ITS COMBINATION: EFFECT ON BODY PARTS, ORGAN INDICES AND IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BROILERS

A.B. PARMAR¹*, P.J. AHIR^2
1College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
²IFFCO Kissan Sanchar Ltd., Ahmedabad, 380015, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : dr.abparmar385@gmail.com

Received : 02-03-2022     Accepted : 27-03-2022     Published : 30-03-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 3       Pages : 11160 - 11162
Int J Agr Sci 14.3 (2022):11160-11162

Keywords : Broilers, Dressing, Flavonoid, Hypersensitivity, Vegetable oil
Academic Editor : Rakesh Roy
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present experiment was conducted to assess the effect of dietary incorporation of phyto-flavonoid, fat source and its combination on body parts, organ indices and immune response in broilers. Cob 400 broilers birds were distributed amongst the treatments, control, flavonoid (quercetin), vegetable oil (as fat source) and its combination, as T1, T2, T3 and T4 groups, respectively. The corn soya based basal diet was formulated supplemented in all the groups. The treatment groups were supplied quercetin (@1g/kg), vegetable oil (>10% ME than the recommendation) and quercetin (@1g/kg) and vegetable oil (>10% ME than the recommendation) in combination for the duration of 35 days (7 days age onward). The birds were euthanized at end of experiment 42nd days of age. Results concluded that the flavonoid and vegetable oil incorporation not having adverse effect on absolute weight of body parts and organs, however its combination reduced the dressing percentage and small intestine weight. The hypersensitivity reaction in terms of cell mediated immune response (CMI) was not shown any effect at 12, 24, and 48 hrs, however, at 72 hrs was greater (p<0.05) in flavonoid without oil supplemented group. Thus, it is concluded that vegetable oil and flavonoid (quercetin) supplementation have no adverse impact on body parts and organ. Further, flavonoid supplementation had positive impact on cell mediated immune response in broilers

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