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ArticleBioMed research international2018

Effect of Icariin on Tibial Dyschondroplasia Incidence and Tibial Characteristics by Regulating P2RX7 in Chickens.

Hui Zhang, Khalid Mehmood, Xiong Jiang, Wangyuan Yao, Mujahid Iqbal, Kun Li, Xiaole Tong, Lei Wang, Meng Wang, Lihong Zhang and 3 more

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Article in BioMed research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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13 authors.

Hui ZhangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Khalid MehmoodCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Xiong JiangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Wangyuan YaoCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Mujahid IqbalCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Kun LiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Xiaole TongCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Lei WangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Meng WangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Lihong ZhangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Fazul NabiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Mujeeb Ur RehmanCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Jiakui LiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6065-6648

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) is a disease of rapid growing chickens that occurs in many avian species; it is characterized by nonvascular and nonmineralized growth plates, along with tibia bone deformation and lameness. Icariin is widely used to treat bone diseases in humans, but no report is available regarding the effectiveness of icariin against avian TD. Therefore, this study was designed to determine its effect against TD. For this purpose, a total of 180 broiler chicks were distributed into three groups including control, TD, and icariin group. Control group was given a standard normal diet, while TD and icariin groups received normal standard diet containing 50 mg/kg thiram to induce TD from days 3 to 7 after hatch. After the induction of TD, the chicks of icariin group were fed with standard normal diet by adding 10 mg/kg icariin in water. Then morphological and production parameters analysis of tibial bone indicators, physiological index changes, and gene expression were examined. The results showed that icariin administration not only decreased the mortality but also mitigated the lameness and promoted the angiogenesis, which diminished the TD lesion and significantly increased the expression of P2RX7 (

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AnimalsChickensFlavonoidsGene ExpressionGrowth PlateIncidenceMaleNeovascularization, PathologicOsteochondrodysplasiasPoultry DiseasesReceptors, Purinergic P2X7ThiramTibiaFlavonoidsicariinReceptors, Purinergic P2X7Thiram

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PMCPMC5884288

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