Open Access
Research
(Published
online: 05-11-2016)
5.
Influence of drinking water
containing Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) gel
on growth performance, intestinal microflora, and humoral immune
responses of broilers -
Meisam Shokraneh,
Gholamreza Ghalamkari,
Majid Toghyani
and Nasir Landy
Veterinary World, 9(11): 1197-1203
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2016.1197-1203
Meisam Shokraneh :
Young Researchers
and Elite Club, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad
University, Isfahan 8155139999, Iran;
mei.shok@gmail.com
Gholamreza
Ghalamkari :
Department of
Animal Science, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad
University, Isfahan 8155139999, Iran;
gh.ghalamkari@gmail.com
Majid Toghyani :
Department of
Animal Science, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad
University, Isfahan 8155139999, Iran;
toghiani@hotmail.com
Nasir Landy :
Young Researchers
and Elite Club, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad
University, Isfahan 8155139999, Iran; n_landy1984@yahoo.com
Received: 15-06-2016, Accepted: 29-09-2016, Published online:
05-11-2016
Corresponding author:
Meisam
Shokraneh, e-mail: mei.shok@gmail.com
Citation:
Shokraneh M, Ghalamkari G, Toghyani M, Landy N (2016) Influence
of drinking water containing Aloe vera (Aloe
barbadensis Miller) gel on growth performance, intestinal
microflora, and humoral immune responses of broilers,
Veterinary World, 9(11): 1197-1203.
Abstract
Aim:
The risk of
bacteria resistance to specific antibiotics possibly by
continuous subtherapeutical administration of antibiotic growth
promoters (AGPs) in poultry feed led to a ban on the use of AGP
in poultry production. As a result of this ban, alternative
substances for poultry growth promotion and disease prevention
are being investigated, among which phytogenic and herbal
products have received increased attention as natural additives
because they have been accepted by consumers as natural
additives. The effect of water supplementation of Aloe vera
(AV) as an AGP substitute on performance, intestinal
microflora, and immune responses of broilers.
Materials and
Methods:
The five
experimental treatments were allocated to four replicates. The
following treatments were applied (1) a basal broiler diet (C)
and normal drinking water, (2) 0.5% AV gel in drinking water,
(3) 0.75% AV gel in drinking water, (4) 1% AV gel in drinking
water, and (5) diet C supplemented with flavophospholipol at 4.5
mg/kg and drinking normal water. Vaccines against influenza
disease and sheep red blood cell (SRBC) were administrated to
immunological stimuli. The populations of Lactobacilli
spp. and coliforms were enumerated in ileum.
Results:
Body
weight of broilers supplemented with different levels of AV
increased compared with control group (p<0.05). Birds
supplemented with antibiotic had the best feed-to-gain ratio (F:G)
in different periods. Supplementation of 0.5% and 0.75% AV
improved F:G entire experimental period compared with control
group (p<0.05). Coliform bacteria were reduced in broilers
supplemented with different levels of AV or antibiotic (p<0.05).
The Lactobacilli spp. population in birds supplemented
with 0.75%, 1% AV or antibiotic significantly was higher than
other groups (p<0.05). Supplementation with 1% AV led to greater
antibody titers against SRBC compared with other groups
(p<0.05).
Conclusion:
These
findings demonstrated a possibility of supplementing broiler
drinking water with 1% AV gel as an alternative for AGP
substitution.
Keywords:
Aloe vera
gel, broiler, ileal microflora, immune responses, performance.
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