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ArticleTropical animal health and production2020

Dietary supplementation of milk thistle (Silybum marianum): growth performance, oxidative stress, and immune response in natural summer stressed broilers.

Munib Ahmad, Naila Chand, Rifat Ullah Khan, Nazir Ahmad, Irfan Khattak, Shabana Naz

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Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  3. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  4. Potential Applications ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  5. Impact of Milk Thistle (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021
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Munib AhmadDepartment of Poultry Science, Faculty of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Naila ChandDepartment of Poultry Science, Faculty of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Rifat Ullah KhanDepartment of Animal Health, Faculty of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Nazir AhmadDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Irfan KhattakCollege of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.
Shabana NazDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences, GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. drshabananaz@gcuf.edu.pk.

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of dietary supplementation of various levels of milk thistle (MT) on growth performance, oxidative stress, and immune response of natural summer stressed broilers. A total of 120 1-day old broiler chicks were distributed into 4 treatments: MT-0 (control), MT-5 (5 g/kg of MT), MT-10 (10 g/kg of MT), and MT-15 (15 g/kg of MT), each with 3 replicates having 10 birds per replicate. Results showed that overall feed intake, body weight, feed conversion ratio (FCR), and dressing percentage were significantly (P < 0.5) higher with MT-15 as compared with the other experimental treatments. Unlikely, significantly lower level of malondialdehyde (MDA) was observed with MT-15. Dietary supplementation of MT had no significant effect on paraoxonase activity in broiler. Antibody titer was significantly (P < 0.05) higher with MT-15 while it was lower with the control treatment. It was concluded that dietary supplementation of MT at the rate of 15 g/kg can significantly lower the negative effects of natural summer stressed broilers.

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Animal FeedAnimalsChickensDietDietary SupplementsDose-Response Relationship, DrugHeat Stress DisordersImmunity, InnateOxidative StressRandom AllocationSilybum marianumGrowth performanceImmune responseMilk thistleOxidative stress

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