adel mohammadi; shokoufe ghazanfari; seyed davood sharifi
Volume 22, Issue 1 , March 2020, , Pages 67-78
Abstract
The effects of different sources of selenium supplementation and rosemary essential oil on growth performance, microflora population and intestinal morphology in broiler chicken with using of 480 male broiler chicks in a factorial arrangement (2x5) with 10 treatments and 4 replicates were investigated. ...
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The effects of different sources of selenium supplementation and rosemary essential oil on growth performance, microflora population and intestinal morphology in broiler chicken with using of 480 male broiler chicks in a factorial arrangement (2x5) with 10 treatments and 4 replicates were investigated. Two experimental factors consisted of different sources of selenium (level of 0.3 mg/kg of diet from selenomethionine, nanoselenomethionine, selenitsodium, nano selenium bonza and without selenium) and rosemary essential oil (0 and 300 mg/kg of diet). Results showed that broilers received diet of without Se and rosemary essential oil had lower weight gain and feed intake.Broilers received diet of nano selenium bonza with rosemary essential oil had lower feed conversion ratio as compared to the other broilers (P<0.05). Broilers fed on diets of nanoselenomethionine with rosemary essential oil and nano selenium bonza with rosemary essential oil were increased villus height in jejunum (P<0.05). The crypt depth of intestinal in birds which received nanoselenium was more than the birds that consumed other sources of selenium in the diet (P<0.05). Crypt diameter nano selenium bonza with rosemary essential oil treatment was higher as compared to other treatments (P<0.01). Selenomethionine and nanoselenomethionine alone and in combination with rosemary essential oil treatments had high lactobacillus population and lactobacillus population to total microbial population ratio of ileum as compared to without Se and rosemary essential oil treatment (P<0.05). Based on the results, inclusion nanoselenium (0.3 mg/kg) supplement with rosemary essential oil (300 mg/kg) into the diet of broiler chicken can improve performance, gut morphology and microflora.
Hanie Shafigh; Malek Shakeri; Saeed Zeinoaldini; Hamid Kohram; Mehdi Zhandi; Morteza Moghbeli
Volume 18, Issue 3 , October 2016, , Pages 615-624
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The aim of the present research was to study the effect of different concentrations of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) extract, (0, 10, 12.5, 16.6, 25 and 50) mg/L added to semen extender, on sperm qualitative and quantitative parameters after freezing-thawing process of rooster sperm. 10 Ross strain ...
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The aim of the present research was to study the effect of different concentrations of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) extract, (0, 10, 12.5, 16.6, 25 and 50) mg/L added to semen extender, on sperm qualitative and quantitative parameters after freezing-thawing process of rooster sperm. 10 Ross strain rooster were used. Semen samples were collected, 2 times a week. After adding the samples of semen based on the lecithin extender, they were placed and preserved at 5 ° C. The treatments of 10 and 12.5 mg/L of Rosemary significantly improved the mobility, in addition, treatments of 10, 12.5 and 16.6 mg/L improved progressive motility and viability before freezing (p≤ 0.05). The lowest and highest motility rates were respectively found in treatments of 0 and 10 mg/L of essential oil of rosemary (p≤ 0.05). Functional integrity of the sperm plasma membrane increased with treatment of 10 mg/L of essential oil of rosemary in comparison to other groups, except 12.5 mg/L. Also treatments of 10, 12.5 and 16.6 mg/L significantly decreased the apoptosis. According to these results, it seems that adding the levels of 10 and 12.5 mg/L rosemary extract’ in semen, based on lecithin extender can improve rooster’s sperm quality after thawing.