Lemongrass extract enhances productive performance, blood biomarkers, immunity, and gut health of broilers
It was concluded that lemongrass aqueous extract can be included at level 100 and 200 ml/l in broilers' drinking water since it resulted in improved weight, feed conversion ratio, blood parameters, immunity and gut health without any deleterious effect on the health and performance of the birds. LGX at a 200 ml/l supplementation level achieved the best results followed by a 100 ml/l level. Also, the tested supplements can be used as natural growth promoter instead of antibiotic and help in solving the global problem of antimicrobial resistant bacterial strains responsible for human and animal diseases.
Authors
- Amal Mohamad El‐Barbary
- Ghadeer Mohsen Albadrani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5657-4650)
- Sahar M. Fayez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-6147)
- Mohamed M. Abdel‐Daim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4341-2713)
- Mervat A. Abdel-Latif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-0121)
- Eman A. Manaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1451-2029)
- Ayman M. Khalifah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8784-9730)
- Amany A. EL-Sahn
- Asmaa S. A. Abdel‐Daim
Institutions
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (SA)
- Beni-Suef University (EG)
- Suez Canal University (EG)
- Damanhour University (EG)
- Benha University (EG)
- City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (EG)
- Agricultural Research Center (EG)
- Batterjee Medical College
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heliyon
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37783
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36
Funders
- Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University