TY - JOUR
T1 - Impacts of onion and cinnamon supplementation as natural additives on the performance, egg quality, and immunity in laying Japanese quail
AU - Dosoky, Waleed M.
AU - Zeweil, Hassan S.
AU - Ahmed, Mohamed H.
AU - Zahran, Soliman M.
AU - Shaalan, Maher M.
AU - Abdelsalam, Nader R.
AU - Abdel-Moneim, Abdel Moneim E.
AU - Taha, Ayman E.
AU - El-Tarabily, Khaled A.
AU - Abd El-Hack, Mohamed E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors thank their respective universities and institutes.K.A. El-Tarabily would like to thank the library at Murdoch University, Australia for the valuable online resources and comprehensive databases. Author contributions: W.M. Dosoky, H.S. Zeweil, S.M. Zahran, M.H. Ahmed, and K.A. El-Tarabily conceived and designed the experiments. A.E. Taha, W.M. Dosoky, K.A. El-Tarabily, S.M. Zahran, and M.M. Shaalan administered the project. W.M. Dosoky, S.M. Zahran, M.H. Ahmed, and M.M. Shaalan carried out the methodology section. W.M. Dosoky and H.S. Zeweil organized and interpreted the data. N.R. Abdelsalam analyzed the data using the statistical program software. S.M. Zahran validated the results. N.R. Abdelsalam, A.E. Taha, A.E. Abdel-Moneim, M.E. Abd El-Hack, and K.A. El-Tarabily wrote the original draft. N.R. Abdelsalam, A.E. Taha, A.E. Abdel-Moneim, M.E. Abd El-Hack, and K.A. El-Tarabily wrote, reviewed and edited the final version of the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript. Ethics statement: The work was carried out according to the IACUC guidelines and was approved by the Ethical Committee, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary dried onion and dried cinnamon supplementation on laying performance, egg quality, serum lipid profile, and immune responses of Japanese quails. A total of 120 laying quails aged 12 weeks were randomly allocated into five groups (24 birds each). Each treatment was replicated 4 times with 6 quails in a completely randomized design. Dietary treatments were as follows: control (basal diet only, without any supplementation); tylosin (basal diet + 100 mg tylosin/kg diet); onion (basal diet + 800 mg dried onion/kg diet); cinnamon (basal diet + 800 mg dried cinnamon/kg diet); and onion + cinnamon (basal diet + mixture of 400 mg each of dried onion and dried cinnamon/kg diet). Cinnamon supplementation improved laying rate, egg numbers, egg mass, and feed conversion ratio of quails compared to the control treatment, followed by tylosin supplementation. Egg shell percentage was higher (P < 0.05) in quails that consumed the onion + cinnamon mixture than those fed only the cinnamon supplemented diet. Serum total lipid content, egg yolk lipids and egg yolk cholesterol were lower (P < 0.05) in birds fed with the supplemented diets than that of the control group. On the other hand, dietary supplements did not affect levels of triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein levels. The dietary supplementation with onion and/or cinnamon reduced serum malondialdehyde levels compared to control treatment. The foot web index was higher (P < 0.05) in the onion treatment than in the other experimental groups. The dried cinnamon and the mixture of dried onion + dried cinnamon treatments showed higher (P < 0.05) immunoglobulin M (IgM) levels than the control treatment. In conclusion, dietary supplementation with natural plant materials such as dried onion and cinnamon can be used to improve the laying Japanese quail performance, egg quality, and immunity.
AB - This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary dried onion and dried cinnamon supplementation on laying performance, egg quality, serum lipid profile, and immune responses of Japanese quails. A total of 120 laying quails aged 12 weeks were randomly allocated into five groups (24 birds each). Each treatment was replicated 4 times with 6 quails in a completely randomized design. Dietary treatments were as follows: control (basal diet only, without any supplementation); tylosin (basal diet + 100 mg tylosin/kg diet); onion (basal diet + 800 mg dried onion/kg diet); cinnamon (basal diet + 800 mg dried cinnamon/kg diet); and onion + cinnamon (basal diet + mixture of 400 mg each of dried onion and dried cinnamon/kg diet). Cinnamon supplementation improved laying rate, egg numbers, egg mass, and feed conversion ratio of quails compared to the control treatment, followed by tylosin supplementation. Egg shell percentage was higher (P < 0.05) in quails that consumed the onion + cinnamon mixture than those fed only the cinnamon supplemented diet. Serum total lipid content, egg yolk lipids and egg yolk cholesterol were lower (P < 0.05) in birds fed with the supplemented diets than that of the control group. On the other hand, dietary supplements did not affect levels of triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein levels. The dietary supplementation with onion and/or cinnamon reduced serum malondialdehyde levels compared to control treatment. The foot web index was higher (P < 0.05) in the onion treatment than in the other experimental groups. The dried cinnamon and the mixture of dried onion + dried cinnamon treatments showed higher (P < 0.05) immunoglobulin M (IgM) levels than the control treatment. In conclusion, dietary supplementation with natural plant materials such as dried onion and cinnamon can be used to improve the laying Japanese quail performance, egg quality, and immunity.
KW - cinnamon
KW - egg quality
KW - immunity
KW - laying performance
KW - onion
KW - quail
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U2 - 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101482
DO - 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101482
M3 - Article
C2 - 34710709
AN - SCOPUS:85117822200
SN - 0032-5791
VL - 100
JO - Poultry Science
JF - Poultry Science
IS - 12
M1 - 101482
ER -