Effect of graded levels of dried orange (Citrus sinensis) Byproducts on production efficiency, blood parameters and antioxidant status of broiler chickens Readh Chaib Eddour Ahmed1,*, Miloud Litim1, Abdelkarim Larbaoui2, Kaddour Bouderoua1, Chaima Belhocine1 1Laboratory of Biotechnology Applied to Agriculture and Environmental, Preservation in Higher School of Agronomy “Mohamed El Amjed Ben Abdel Malek”, Hall Technology Kharouba, Mostaganem- Algeria 2Laboratory Food Technology and Nutrition, University of Mostaganem “Abdelhamid Ibn Badis”, Mostaganem-2700, Algeria *Corresponding Author: Chaib Eddour Ahmed Readh, Laboratory of Biotechnology Applied to Agriculture and Environmental, Preservation in Higher School of Agronomy “Mohamed El Amjed Ben Abdel Malek”, Hall Technology Kharouba, Mostaganem - Algeria, Email: a.chaibeddour@esa-mosta.dz
Online published on 1 November, 2023. Abstract Background Orange wastes are bioactive compounds produced during the industrial transformation. The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding dried sweet orange byproducts on broiler growth performance, serum metabolites and antioxidant status. Methods Two-hundred-day old experimental broiler chicks were distributed to 4 dietary treatments with 5 replicates of 10 birds each. In a complete randomized design, the dietary treatments included a control corn-based diet and three experimental diets containing 5, 10 and 15% Dried Orange Pulp to substitute corn. Feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass traits, serum components and blood antioxidant status were measured. Result FCR and BWG of chickens were improved with graded levels of DOP compared to the control group (P<0.05). Serum total protein and glucose were significantly increased (P<0.0001) in DOP groups compared to the control. Serum Cholesterol and triglyceride decreased significantly (P<0.0001) in the DOP groups. Higher Aspartate amino transferase, Lactate dehydrogenase and Creatine kinase activities were observed in control group compared to the other treatments. Top Keywords Broilers, Dried orange pulp, Performance, Serum components, Stress. Top |