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Effects of golpar (Heracleum persicum Desf.) and probiotics in drinking water on performance, carcass characteristics, organ weights, blood plasma constituents, and immunity of broilers

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Increasing levels of Heracleum persicum (golpar) in drinking water were studied in broilers. Two hundred and forty-one-day-old male chickens were allocated to one of six treatments: control, without added phytogenics nor probiotics in drinking water, and probiotics at recommended manufacturer’s level (P) or 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 ml/l of golpar extract solution (G1, G1.5, G2, and G2.5 treatments, respectively) in drinking water. As a result of this study, no linear or quadratic trends in the feed intake (FI) and feed conversion rate (FCR) due to golpar supplementation were found. Body weight gain, final body weight, and relative carcass weight showed a positive linear response with increasing levels of golpar supplementation. Neither golpar nor probiotics had effects on the percentages of edible parts of the carcass. Golpar supplementation levels caused a linear negative response of the albumin content in blood plasma, whereas both abdominal fat as percentage of carcass weight and uric acid levels in blood plasma linearly increased. The effects on Ig responses were only observed at 42 days of age and were similar in probiotics and the highest level of golpar supplementation. Based on our results, both probiotics and golpar supplementation could improve broiler performance and immune function.

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Financial support by Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, grant number 4.5830, is gratefully acknowledged. The Animal Production Department of the University of Cordoba is also fully acknowledged.

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    Ali Jamshidparvar, Faramin Javandel & Alireza Seidavi

  2. Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Ctra Madrid-Cádiz, km 396, 14071, Córdoba, Spain

    Francisco Peña Blanco, Andrés L. Martínez Marín, Carmen Avilés Ramírez, Estrella Agüera Buendía & Nieves Núñez-Sánchez

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Jamshidparvar, A., Javandel, F., Seidavi, A. et al. Effects of golpar (Heracleum persicum Desf.) and probiotics in drinking water on performance, carcass characteristics, organ weights, blood plasma constituents, and immunity of broilers. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 23571–23577 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9983-4

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