Impact of Adding Eucalyptus camaldulensis Leaves Phenolic Extract to Drinking Water on Productive performance, Blood Parameters and Antioxidant Status of broiler Chickens
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36077/kjas/2026/v18i2.14721Keywords:
Antioxidant status, Broilers, Eucalyptus, Productive performanceAbstract
The current study aimed to determine the effect of adding different levels of Eucalyptus camaldulensis leaves phenolic extract to drinking water on the productive performance, blood parameters and antioxidant status of broiler chickens. A total of 144 unsexed birds, one day old, 42 g weight, were used in current study. The birds were distributed into four experimental treatments, with three replicates (12 birds each replicate). Treatments were T1: control without addition, T2, T3 and T4 were add 50, 75 and 100 mg/liter of eucalyptus leaves phenolic extract to drinking water respectively. Results showed that eucalyptus leaves phenolic extract in the T3 and T4 had greater final body weight and cumulative weight gain, with an improvement in the overall feed conversion ratio compared to other treatments. Red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin concentration (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV) and lymphocytes percentage were significantly (P≤0.05) increased in the T4 compared to other treatments. Heterophil percentage and lymphocyte to heterophil ratio were significantly (P≤0.05) decreased in the T4 compared to the other treatments. The superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities were significantly (P≤0.05) increased in the T3 and T4 compared to other treatments. The catalase activity was significantly (P≤0.05) increased in the T2 compared to the control treatment. Malondialdehyde (MDA) was significantly (P≤0.05) decreased in the T4 compared to control treatment. Feed intake, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were unaffected by add different levels of eucalyptus leaves phenolic extract to drinking water. It can be concluded that eucalyptus leaves phenolic extract was improved the productive performance, blood parameters, and antioxidant status of broiler chickens.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Kufa Journal for Agricultural Sciences is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows users to copy, to create extracts, abstracts and new works from the Article, to alter and revise the Article, and to make commercial use of the Article (including reuse and/or resale of the Article by commercial entities), provided the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI), provides a link to the license, indicates if changes were made and the licensor is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work. The authors hold the copyright for their published work on KJAS website, while KJAS responsible for appreciate citation for their work, which is released under CC-BY-4.0 enabling the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of an article in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
How to Cite
