Effects of Fenugreek Extract on Slaughter Performance, Meat Quality and Antioxidant Performance of Yellow-Feathered Broilers

  • HUANG Hui ,
  • ZHENG Ke ,
  • WANG Xia ,
  • YANG Ling ,
  • ZHOU Yingjun ,
  • ZOU Shengwen ,
  • XIAO Dingfu
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  • 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;
    2. Geneham Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Changsha 410014, China;
    3. Hunan Wenfeng Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd., Loudi 417700, China

Received date: 2021-08-31

  Online published: 2022-04-14

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of fenugreek extract on slaughter performance, meat quality and antioxidant performance of yellow-feathered broilers. A total of 420 healthy one-day-old yellow-feather male broilers with similar body weights were randomly divided into 7 groups with 6 replicates in each group and 10 broilers in each replicate. Broilers in the control group were fed a basal diet, broilers in the bacitracin zinc group were fed the basal diet supplemented with 30 mg/kg bacitracin zinc, and the others in experimental groups were fed the basal diets supplemented with 50 (FE50 group), 100 (FE100 group), 200 (FE200 group), 400 (FE400 group) and 800 mg/kg (FE800 group) fenugreek extract, respectively. The pre-trial period was 3 days and the formal period was 84 days. The results showed as follows:1) dietary different supplemental levels of fenugreek extract had no significant effect on the slaughter performance of broilers (P>0.05). 2) Compared with the control group, the 45 min yellowness (b45 min*) value of bacitracin zinc group, FE50 group, FE100 group, FE200 group, FE400 group and FE800 group was significantly increased (P<0.05), the 24 h yellowness (b24 h*) value of bacitracin zinc group, FE100 group, FE200 group and FE400 group was significantly increased (P<0.05), and the muscle cholesterol content of bacitracin zinc group was significantly increased (P<0.05). Dietary different supplemental levels of fenugreek extract had no significant effects on the nutritional composition and muscle fiber cross sectional area in chest muscle and leg muscle of broilers (P>0.05). 3) Compared with the control group, the liver superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity of FE50 group, FE100 group, FE200 group and FE400 group was significantly increased (P<0.01), the liver total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) of FE100 group was significantly increased (P<0.05), and the liver malondialdehyde (MDA) content was significantly decreased (P<0.05). In conclusion, dietary 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg fenugreek extract can improve the chest muscle color, increase the muscle inosinic acid content, improve the antioxidant performance of broilers, so as to improve the chicken flavor and meat quality, enhance the anti-stress ability.

Cite this article

HUANG Hui , ZHENG Ke , WANG Xia , YANG Ling , ZHOU Yingjun , ZOU Shengwen , XIAO Dingfu . Effects of Fenugreek Extract on Slaughter Performance, Meat Quality and Antioxidant Performance of Yellow-Feathered Broilers[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2022 , 34(4) : 2334 -2346 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.04.029

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