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Histomorphological studies of broiler
chicken fed diets supplemented with either raw or enzyme treated
dandelion leaves and fenugreek seeds -
Saim Qureshi, Mohammed Tufail Banday, Irfan Shakeel, Sheikh
Adil, Masood Saleem Mir, Yasir Afzal Beigh and Umar Amin
Veterinary World, 9(3): 269-275
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2016.269-275
Saim Qureshi:
Division of Livestock Production and Management, Faculty of
Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir
University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir,
Shuhama - 190 006, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
s.qureshi619@gmail.com
Mohammed Tufail Banday:
Division of Livestock Production and Management, Faculty of
Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir
University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir,
Shuhama - 190 006, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
mtbanday5@gmail.com
Irfan Shakeel:
Division of Livestock Production and Management, Faculty of
Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir
University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir,
Shuhama - 190 006, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
erfaanshakeel3@gmail.com
Sheikh Adil:
Division of Livestock Production and Management, Faculty of
Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir
University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir,
Shuhama - 190 006, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
aadilsheikh5@gmail.com
Masood Saleem Mir:
Division of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural
Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama - 190 006, Srinagar,
Jammu and Kashmir, India; masoodmir11@gmail.com
Yasir Afzal Beigh:
Division of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and
Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural
Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama -190 006, Srinagar,
Jammu and Kashmir, India; vetyasir10@gmail.com
Umar Amin:
Division of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural
Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama - 190 006, Srinagar,
Jammu and Kashmir, India; umaramin146@gmail.com
Received: 08-10-2015, Revised: 20-01-2016, Accepted: 27-01-2016,
Published online: 12-03-2016
Corresponding author:
Sheikh Adil, email: aadilsheikh5@gmail.com
Citation:
Qureshi S, Banday MT, Shakeel I, Adil S, Mir MS, Beigh YA, Amin
U (2016) Histomorphological studies of broiler chicken fed diets
supplemented with either raw or enzyme treated dandelion leaves
and fenugreek seeds,
Veterinary World, 9(3):
269-275.
Abstract
Aim:
Herbal plants and their derived products are extensively used
particularly in many Asian, African, and other countries of the
world as they are considered as ideal feed additives because of
their non-residual effect and ability to influence the ecosystem
of gastrointestinal microbiota in a positive way. Further, the
enzymatic treatment of these herbs helps in their efficient
utilization by the host. Dandelion leaves and fenugreek seeds
have been reported to have positive effect in terms of improving
the performance of broiler chicken, but not much literature is
available regarding their effect on gut histomorphology;
therefore, the present study was conducted to explore the effect
of these herbs either alone or in combination with or without
enzyme treatment on histomorphology of liver and small intestine
of broiler chicken.
Materials and Methods:
To achieve the envisaged objective, 273-day-old commercial
broiler chicks were procured from a reputed source and reared
together until 7 days of age. On the 7th day, the chicks were
individually weighed, distributed randomly into 7 groups of 3
replicates with 13 chicks each. Birds in the control group were
fed diets without additives (T1). The other six treatment groups
were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.5% dandelion leaves
(T2), 1% fenugreek seeds (T3), combination of 0.5% dandelion
leaves and 1% fenugreek seeds (T4), enzyme treated dandelion
leaves 0.5% (T5), enzyme treated fenugreek seeds 1% (T6), and
combination of enzyme treated dandelion leaves (0.5%) and (1%)
fenugreek seeds (T7). The histomorphological study of liver and
small intestines was conducted among different treatment groups.
Results:
The results revealed the hepato-protective nature of both
dandelion leaves and fenugreek seeds either alone or in
combination with or without enzyme treatment when compared with
the control group. Moreover, the histomorphological findings of
jejunum revealed the beneficial effect of dandelion leaves,
fenugreek seeds and enzymes on the intestinal mucosa in terms of
cellular infiltration, architecture of villi, villus
height/crypt depth ratio, thereby improving the intestinal
health.
Conclusion:
The dandelion leaves and fenugreek seeds have hepato-protective
nature and beneficial effect on the intestinal morphology
particularly when included along with enzymes in the diet of
broiler chicken.
Keywords:
broiler chicken, dandelion, fenugreek, histomorphology.
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