Iranian Journal of animal Science

Iranian Journal of animal Science

Comparison of the effects of Zilmax® and different doses of Ajwain essential oil as β-agonist drugs on performance and serum biochemical metabolites in parental line of a commercial broiler

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Farhad Samadian 1
Armin Towhidi 2
Saeid Zeinodini 2
Mohammad Amir Karimi Torshizi 3
Hossein Vaseghi 4
1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasuj University, Iran
2 Associate Professor, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
4 Former M. Sc. Student, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
10.22059/ijas.2017.99302.653188
Abstract
This study was performed to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with ajwain essential oil (EO) and zilmax® on performance, carcass traits and serum biochemistry of chicks that were reared under different thermal programs. Another purpose of present study was to explore cold stress effects on above-mentioned parameters. This study were done according to a Complete Randomized Design with 8 treatment. For this purpose, Four dietary treatments (basal diet, dietary addition of ajwainEO at 150 and 450 ppm and zilmax® at 1.6 ppm) each with corresponding replicates (24 replicate; n=192; one male chick in each individual cage as a replicate) were fed to chicks at two different thermal programming envirnment. The results showed that at normal temperature envirnment, dietary addition of zilmax® and 450 ppm Ajwain EO, have increased plasma levels of triglycerides at the end of the growing phase (29 d) compared to control. Cold stress significantly decreased performance and ralitive weight of bursa (P>0.05). In conclusion, ajwain EO and and zilmax® as a feed additive had no beneficial effects on performance and could not ameliorate the negative effects of cold stress on chicks.
Keywords
Ajwain Essential oil
Cold stress
growth performance
Zilpaterol hydrochloride
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Iranian Journal of animal Science
Volume 48, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Spring 2017
Pages 119-127

  • Receive Date 02 May 2014
  • Revise Date 09 April 2017
  • Accept Date 09 April 2017