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ArticleJournal of advanced veterinary and animal research2024

Use of a plant-based flavonoid blend in diet for growth, nutrient digestibility, gut microbiota, blood metabolites, and meat quality in broilers.

Shathi Akter, Md Aliar Rahman, Mahbubul Pratik Siddique, Md Abul Hashem, Rakhi Chowdhury

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Article in Journal of advanced veterinary and animal research, 2024. 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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Shathi AkterDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Habiganj Agricultural University, Habiganj, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3120-145
Md Aliar RahmanDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0679-9231
Mahbubul Pratik SiddiqueDepartment of Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7159-0747
Md Abul HashemDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5691-3544
Rakhi ChowdhuryDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6141-6267

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the optimal doses of a flavonoid blend (FB) for enhancing cost-efficient production, digestibility, gut-beneficial microbiota, serum metabolites, and meat quality in broilers. Materials and Methods: For 35 days, 280-day-old chicks (Cobb-500) were randomly allocated to four groups, each containing 70 birds, with 5 replicates. Birds were given FB (gm/kg) at the levels of 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 in a basal diet (corn-soya-based) and designated as the control, 0.2 FB, 0.4 FB, and 0.6 FB groups, respectively. At 35 days, 15 birds from each group were slaughtered to analyze cecum microbiota, serum profiles, meat, and bone quality. Results: Compared with the control, birds given FB linearly showed better feed intake and overall performance, with the optimum results observed in 0.6 FB. Birds fed FB resulted in linear, quadratic, and cubic improvements in digestibility, with the 0.6 FB group presenting 12% more ( Conclusions: Supplementing 0.6 gm FB/kg of diet improved growth performance, enhanced digestibility, increased beneficial gut microbiota and serum metabolites, and ameliorated meat quality in broilers.

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