Feeding dry stevia leaf (Stevia rebaudiana) or xylanase improves the hepatic antioxidative status of broiler chickens
Feeding dry stevia leaf (Stevia rebaudiana) or xylanase improves the hepatic antioxidative status of broiler chickens
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DOI:
10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.03.001
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发表时间:
2021-03-06
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Stringhini, Jose Henrique
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作者:
Pirgozliev, Vasil;Kljak, Kristina;Stringhini, Jose Henrique
Four diets, formulated with and without stevia and with and without exogenous xylanase, following a 2 x 2 factorial design, were prepared. Each diet was fed ad libitum to birds in eight pens (three birds in each pen) in a randomised block design. It was found that birds fed xylanase grew faster, used the feed more efficiently and had an increased concentration of hepatic alpha-tocopherol and vitamin E concentrations (P 0.05). Feeding stevia did not affect growth performance (P 0.001) concentrations. There were no dietary stevia by xylanase interactions (P 0.05) for any of the studied variables. The results showed that alone, dietary stevia and dietary xylanase can improve the antioxidative status of birds through enhancing dietary antioxidant availability.