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Effect of green tea (Camellia sinensis L.) as antimicrobial agent on growth performance and ileal histomorphology of broiler chickens

Authors :
Fazli Subhan
Naila Chand
Shabana Naz
Rasha Alonaizan
Hong Hu
Shamsuddin Shamsi
Rifat Ullah Khan
Source :
Journal of Applied Animal Research, Vol 51, Iss 1, Pp 771-775 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Abstract

We investigated the impact of green tea powder (GTP) as an alternative to antibiotics on growth performance and gut health in broilers. A total of 340 one-day-old broilers were assigned to four dietary treatments as control (free of antibiotic), antibiotic, GTP 0.5 g/kg (GTP-1) and GTP 1 g/kg (GTP-2). Overall, the antibiotic group demonstrated significantly (P

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09712119 and 09741844
Volume :
51
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Applied Animal Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4e0cc7672ee1457283c4f39f4bbacf84
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09712119.2023.2283183