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ArticlePoultry science2025

Dietary Nigella sativa supplementation enhances performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, immune response, and gut health in broilers.

M T Khan, Chang Xu, S Khan, F Ali, G Abbas, E Bughio, B Siddique, M Rauf, M A Gondal, K Prince and 5 more

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Article in Poultry science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Dietary inclusion of black cumin (Veterinary and animal science · 2026
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  3. Dietary Inclusion of Casimiroa (Veterinary medicine international · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

M T KhanCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing-210095, China; Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur-63100, Pakistan; Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur-63100, Pakistan. Electronic address: mtahirkhan@cuvas.edu.pk.
Chang XuCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing-210095, China.
S KhanDepartment of Poultry Science, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur-63100, Pakistan.
F AliDepartment of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur-63100, Pakistan.
G AbbasDepartment of Animal Production, Riphah College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore-54000, Pakistan.
E BughioDepartment of Poultry Production, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Sakrand-67210, Pakistan.
B SiddiqueLivestock and Dairy Development Department, Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi-46300, Pakistan.
M RaufDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur-63100, Pakistan.
M A GondalInstitute of Continuing Education and Extension, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur-63100, Pakistan.
K PrinceDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur-63100, Pakistan.
M S RehmanLivestock and Dairy Development Department, Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi-46300, Pakistan.
H A BachayaLivestock and Dairy Development Department, Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi-46300, Pakistan.
Promy VirkDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh-11495, Saudi Arabia.
Dalia FouadDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh-11495, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: dibrahim@ksu.edu.sa.
Kun LiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing-210095, China. Electronic address: lk3005@njau.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated the effects of black cumin (Nigella sativa) seed powder as a natural growth promoter on the growth performance, carcass traits, blood biochemistry, immune response, and gut morphology in broilers. A total of 250 day-old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to five dietary treatment groups (T

Indexed as

ChickensMeatNigella sativaAnimal FeedAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsDietDietary SupplementsDose-Response Relationship, DrugMaleRandom AllocationSeedsGrowth performanceGut healthImmune responseMeat qualityNigella sativa

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PMID40774170
PMCPMC12540292

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