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- MakaleAçık Erişim2025Effects of hawthorn (Crataegus oxycantha) fruit extract on tibia bone properties in broiler chickens subjected to heat stress
Kaya, H.; Karaalp, M.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects on tibia morphology, biomechanics, and mineral levels of varying dosages of hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha) fruit extract (HFE) addition to experimentally heat-stressed broiler drinking water. A 2x3 factorial experimental design was used to randomly assign 300 one-day-old male broilers to six experimental groups. The experimental groups included three different HFE additions (0, 0.2, and 0.4 mL/L) and two different ambient temperatures (24 and 35 °C). Each experimental group consisted of five replicates, with 10 chicks (initial body weight 38±4 g) per replicate. The study results indicated that heat stress (IIS) led to a decline in tibia dry weight, length, wet weight, volume, Seedor index, cortex thickness, shear force and shear stress, while concurrently resulting in an increase in dry matter percentage (P<0.05). Heat stress led to a decline in the levels of calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and potassium (K) (P<0.05). The addition of HFE in the drinking water of broiler chickens exposed to HS did not significantly affect the morphological and biomechanical properties of the tibia. However, tibial Ca levels increased with the addition of 0.2 mL/L HFE, while Mg and Zn levels were elevated at both 0.2 and 0.4 mL/L HFE concentrations compared to the control group (P<0.05). In contrast, Fe and Mn levels decreased with 0.2 mL/L HFE supplementation, and K levels were reduced at both supplementation levels compared to the control (P<0.05). The findings suggest that the addition of 0.2 mL/L HFE to the drinking water of heat-stressed broiler chickens may be an effective and recommended strategy to enhance bone quality characteristics.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2021Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus l.) could alleviate negative effects of stocking density in laying hens
Kaya, H.; Karaalp, M.; Kaynar, Ö.; Tekçe, E.; Aksakal, A.; Bayram, B.
The study was conducted to determine the effects of stocking density (SD, 5 or 7 layers/cage) and tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) diet supplementation at four levels (0, 1.2, 6 and 12 g/kg feed) on performance, certain egg characteristics, serum, liver, egg yolk and small intestine bacteria parameters in laying hens. The experiment was carried out over a period of 8 weeks, with 192 Lohman Brown commercial hybrids at 50-w-age. The results showed that an increased SD reduced feed intake (FI; p<0.01) and egg production (p<0.05), but had no effect on the weight gain, feed conversion ratio, damaged egg ratio, egg weight and egg quality (p>0.05) parameters. The supplementation of tarragon to the diet reduced the FI and damaged egg ratio (p<0.01), and improved egg production and FCR (p<0.01). While an increased SD reduced serum total antioxidants (p<0.05), it elevated corticosterone (CORT) and total oxidant serum (TOS) (p<0.05). Tarragon was found to enhance total immunoglobulin (p<0.05), but to decreased the CORT and TOS of the serum (p<0.05). An increased SD raised the malondialdehyde (MDA) in the serum (p<0.001), liver (p<0.05) and yolk (p<0.001). Tarragon supplementation reduced MDA of the serum (p<0.05), liver (p<0.001) and yolk (p<0.001). E. coli and total Mesophilic Aerobic Bacteria counts in the small intestine were raised (p<0.001) with increased SD. Tarragon decreased (p<0.05) mesophilic aerobic bacteria. It was thus found that, tarragon supplementation can be considered generally effective in improving performance parameters, alleviating stress-induced negativities, reducing lipid peroxidation, regulating the immune system and controlling some intestinal microorganisms.
- MakaleYalnız künye2013Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) in Japanese quails feeding. 2. Fatty acid content and oxidative stability of breast meat
Karaalp, M.; Genc, N.
In this study, the antioxidant effect of dietary supplementation with bay laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) leaves (LN) to a conventional diet on fatty acid content and oxidatif stability of breast meat was studied. For that purpose, a total number of 60 Japanese quails aged 56-d were fed diets supplemented with 0 (LN0), 2 (LN2) and 4 g (LN4) leaves/kg of feed, respectively. Quails were housed individually in cages during ten weeks. Fatty acid composition was determined for fresh breast meat. Malondialdehyde (MDA) values were determined in breast meat samples stored at +4°C (2, 5 and 8 d) and at -20°C (3 and 6 mo). Supplementation of LN had no effect on any fatty acid content of meat. However, addition of LN lowered (P<0.01) MDA content of the refrigerated meat samples only at 8 d. On the other hand, supplementation with LN had no significant effect on reducing the MDA values of meat samples during the other stored times. Besides, the amount of MDA increased (P<0.01) in all of the refrigerated and frozen meat samples with time. The results of this study demonstrated that supplementation of LN could reduce MDA content of refrigerated meat samples only at 8 d.