Effect of Zataria multiflora boiss (thyme) extract and fat on meat quality, intestinal pH and serum antioxidant status of broiler chicks

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MSc. student, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

2 Associate professor, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

3 Assistant professor, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Abstract

In this experiment, 240 one-day-old broiler chicks were assigned to one of six dietary treatments in a completely randomized design. Each treatment replicated four times with 10 birds per replicate. The dietary treatments were: 1 and 2: diet without thyme extract (TE) with and without soybean oil (SO) for the entire period of the experiment; 3 and 4: 0.5% TE with and without SO for the entire period of the experiment; 5 and 6: 0.5% TE in last two weeks with and without SO. Supplementation of TE to the diets significantly decreased serum malondialdehyde concentration and increased gluthatione peroxidase activity (P<0.05). Adding TE to the diets also led to a significant reduction in serum cholesterol content (P<0.05) , but its effect on lightness, redness, yellowness, water holding capacity, cooking dripping loss of thigh meat was not significant (P>0.05). Thyme extract supplementation to the diets caused significant reduction in gut pH (P< 0.05), but its effect on relative length of gastrointestinal tract parts was not significant (P>0.05). Soybean oil addition to the diets did not have significant effect on malondialdehyde and cholesterol concentrations, and gluthatione peroxidase activity of broiler chicks' serum (P>0.05). As an overall conclusion, adding TE to the diets throughout the entire experimental period led to improvement in antioxidant status, reduction in gut pH and serum cholesterol of broiler chicks.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

رئیسی م.، صفامهر ع. ر. و حبیبی ر. 1393. اسانس­های آویشن و پونه کوهی در جیره جوجه­های گوشتی: اثرات بر عملکرد، شاخص­های آنتی­اکسیدانی و فراسنجه‌های بیوشیمیایی خون. مجله علوم دامی (پژوهش و سازندگی)، 105: 120-103.
شهسواری ن.، برزگر  م. ،سحری م. و نقدی­بادی ح. 1387. بررسی فعالیت آنتی­اکسیدانی گیاه آویشن شیرازی در روغن سویا. فصلنامه گیاهان دارویی، 28: 68-56.
Al-Kassie G. A. M. 2009. Infulance ef two plant extacts derived from thyme and cinnamon on broiler performance. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 29: 169-173.
Baynes J. W. 1991. Perspective in diabetes. Role of oxidative stress in development of complication in diabetes. Diabetes, 40: 405-41.
Bertram H. C., Andersen H. J., Karlsson A. H., Horn P., Hedegaard J., Norgaard L. and Engelsen S. B. 2003. Prediction of technological quality (cooking loss and Napole yield) of pork based on fresh meat characteristics. Meat Science,65:707–712.
Boutoh P. E., Harise W. R. and Shortose W. R. 1971. Effect of Ultiamit pH on upon the water holding capacity and enderness of mution. Food Science, 36: 435-39.
Bolukbasi S. C., Erhan M. K. and Ozkan A. 2006. Effect of dietary thyme oil and vitamin on growth, lipid oxidation, meat fatty acid composition and serum lipoproteins of broilers. South African Journal of Animal Science, 36: 189-196.
Case G. L., He L., Mo H. and Elson C. E. 1995. Induction of geranyle pyrophosphatase activity by cholesterol-suppressive isoprenoids. Lipids, 30: 357-359.
Christensen L. B. 2003. Drip loss sampling in porcine m. longissimus dorsi. Meat Science, 63: 469-477.
CIE. 1978. International Commission on Illumination, Recommendations on Uniform Colour Spaces, Colour Difference Equations, Psychometric Colour Terms. CIE Publication. Bureau Central de la CIE, Paris, France.
Ciftci M., Ulku G., Abdurrauf Y., Okkes Y. and Bestami D. 2010. Effects of dietary antibiotic and cinnamon oilsupplementation on antioxidative enzyme activities, cholesterol levels and fatty acid composition of serumand meat in broiler chickens. Acta Veterinary, 79: 33-40.
Demir E., Sarica S., Ozcan M. A. and Suicmez M. 2003. The use of natural feed additives as alternatives for antibiotic growth promoter in broiler diets. British Poultry Science, 44: S44-S45.
Doyle E. 2004. Saturated fat and beef fat as related to human health. A review of the scientific literature. Food Research International. UW-Madison, 39 pages.
Elson C. E. and Qureshi A. A. 1995. Coupling the cholesterol- and tumor-suppressive actions of palm oil to the impact of its minor constituents on 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity. Essential fatty acids, 52: 205-208.
Harris E. D. 1992. Regulation of antioxidant enzyme. Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 6: 2675-2683.
Halliwell B. 1997. Antioxidants and human disease: a general introduction. Nutrition Reviews, 55: S44-S49.
Hashemipour H., Kermanshahi H., Golian A. and Veldkamp T. 2013. Effect of thymol and carvacrol feed supplementation on performance, antioxidant enzyme activities, fatty acid composition, digestive enzyme activities, and immune response in broiler chickens. Poultry Science, 92: 2059-2069.
Izat A. L., Tidwell N. M., Thomas R. A., Reiber M. A., Adams M. H., Colberg M. and Waldroup P. W. 1990. Effects of buffered propionic acid in diets on the performance of broiler chicken and on microflora of the intestine and carcass. Poultry Science, 69: 818-826.
Jamshidi M., Ahmadi Ashtiani H. R., Rezazade S. H. A., Fatehi Azad F., Mazandarani M. and Khaki A. 2010. Study on phenolics and antioxidant activity of some selected plant of Mazandaran province. JournalofMedicinal PlantsResearch, 9(34): 177-183.
Jamroz D., Orda I., Kamel C., Wiliczkiewicz A., Wertelecki T. and Skorupinska I. 2003. The influence of phytogenic extracts on performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass characteristics and gut microbial status in broiler chickens. Animal Feed Science,12: 583-596.
Jebelli Javan A., Ghazvinian Kh., Mahdavi A., Javaheri Vayeghan A., Staji H. and Ghaffari Khaligh S. 2013. The effect of dietary Zataria multiflora Boiss. essential oil supplementation on microbial growth and lipid peroxidation of broiler breast fillets during refrigerated storage. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 7: 881-888.
Lennernas M., Fjellstrom C., Becker W., Giachetti I., Schmitt A. and Remaut de Winter A. 1997. Influences on food choice perceived to be important by nationally-representative samples of adults in the European Union. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 41: S8–S15.
Lovrić J., Mesić M., Macan M., Koprivanac M., Kelava M. and Bradamante V. 2008. Measurement of malondialdehyde (MDA) level in rat plasma after simvastatin treatment using two different analytical methods. Periodicum Biologorum, 110(1): 63-68.
Luna A., Lábaque M. C., Zygadlo J. A. and Marin R. H. 2010. Effects of thymol and carvacrol feed supplementation on lipid oxidation in broiler meat. Poultry Science, 89: 366-370.
Mehdipour Z., Afsharmanesh M. and Sami M. 2013. Effects of supplemental thyme extract (Thymus vulgaris L.) on growth performance, intestinal microbial populations, and meat quality in Japanese quails. Comparative Clinical Pathology. 23(5):1503-1508.
Mikulski D., Zdunczyk Z. Z., Moayyedi P. and Juskiewicz J. 2008. Effects of organic acids or natural plant extracts added to diets for turkeys on growth performance, gastro intestinal tract metabolism and carcass characteristics. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, 17: 233-246.
Mirzaei-Aghsaghali A., Syadati S. A. and Fathi H. 2012. Some of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) properties in ruminant’s nutrition. Annals of Biological Research, 3: 157-162.
Moav R. 1995. Fat supplementation to poultry diet. Misset World Poultry, 11 (10): 57-58.
Najafi P. and Torki M. 2010. Performance, blood metabolites and immunocompetaence of broiler chicks fed diets included essential oils of medicinal herbs. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 7: 1164-1168.
Nitsan Z., Dvorin A., Zoref Z. and Mokady S. 1997. Effect of added soybean oil and dietary energy on metabolizable and net energy of broiler diets. British Poultry Science, 38: 101-106.
Özdogan M. and Akşit M. 2003. Effects of feeds containing different fats on carcass and blood parameters of broilers. Applied Poultry Research, 12(3): 251-256.
Paglia D. E. and Valentine W. N. 1967. Studies on quantitative and qualitative characterization erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 70: 158-69.
Placha I., Takacova J., Ryzner M., Cobanova K., Laukova A., Strompfova V., Venglovska K. and Faix S. 2013. Effect of thyme essential oil and selenium on intestine integrity and antioxidant status of broilers. British Poultry Science, 27: 15-21.
Pourreza J., Tabeidian A. and Sadeghi G. 2005. Effects of dietary protein levels and soybean oil supplementation on broilerperformance. International Journal of Poultry Science, 4: 799-803.
Ricke S. C. 2003. Perspectives on the use of organic acids and short chain fatty acids as antimicrobials. Poultry Science, 82: 632-639.
Sarica S., Ciftci A., Demir A., Kilinc K. and Yildirim Y. 2005. Use of an antibiotic growth promoter and two herbal natural feed additives with and without exogenous enzymes in wheat based broiler diets. South African Journal of Animal Science, 35: 61-72.
Sengul T., Yurtseven S., Cetin M., Kocyigit A. and Sogut B. 2008. Effect of thyme (T. vulgaris) extract on fattening performance, some blood parameters, oxidative stress and DNA damage in Japanese quails. Journal of Animal and Feed Science, 17: 608-620.
Soede J. I. 2005. Fat digestive physiology and exogenous emulsifiers. World Poultry, 21(4).
Toghyani M., Tohidi M., Gheisari A. B. and Tabeidian S. A. 2010. Performance, immunity, serum biochemical and hematological parameters in broiler chicks fed dietary thyme as alternative for an antibiotic growth promoter. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(40): 6819-6825.
Tollba A. A. H., Shabaan S. A. M. and Abdel-Mageed M. A. A. 2010. Effect of using aromatic herbal extract and blended with organic acids on productive and physiological performance of poultry. 2. The growth during cold winter stress. Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, 30(1): 229-248.
Vagi E., Simandi B., Suhajda A. and Hethelyi E. 2005. Essential oil composition and antimicrobial activity of Origanum majorana L. extracts obtained with ethyl alcohol and super critical carbon dioxide. Food Research International, 38: 51-57.
Youdim K. A. and Deans S. G. 2000. Effect of thyme oil and thymol dietary supplementation on the antioxidant status and fatty acid composition of the ageing rat brain. British Journal of Nutrition, 83: 87-93.
Zubair A. K. and Leeson S. 1996. Compensatory growth in the broiler chicken: a review. Worlds Journal of   Poultry Science, 52: 189-201.
Animal Production Research
Volume 6, Issue 2
September 2017
Pages 51-61

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics