Effects of Ficus hirta stems and leaves powder on growth performance,immune function,and antioxidant indexes of yellow-feathered broilers
ZHOU Tianzheng
JIANG Lingyan
JU Rongcheng
Abstract：The experiment aimed to investigate the effects of Ficus hirta stems and leaves powder on the growth performance,immune function,and antioxidant indexes of yellow-feathered broilers.A total of 240 yellow-feathered broilers aged 35 days were selected and randomly divided into four groups,with six replicates per group and ten broilers per replicate.The control group(CK group)was fed a basal diet,while the experimental groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.5％(0.5％group),1.0％(1.0％group),and 2.0％(2.0％group)of Ficus hirta stems and leaves powder,respectively.The pre-test period was seven days and the formal test period was 30 days.The results showed that,compared with the CK group,the serum total protein(TP)content,catalase(CAT)and total superoxide dismutase(T-SOD)activities in the 1.0％group were significantly increased(P＜0.05),while the activities of aspartate transaminase(AST)and alanine transaminase(ALT),as well as the contents of uric acid(UA)and malondialdehyde(MDA)were significantly decreased(P＜0.05).The concentrations of immunoglobulin G(IgG)and immunoglobulin M(IgM)in the 1.0％and 2.0％groups were significantly increased(P＜0.05),and the glutathione peroxidase(GSH-Px)activity in the 2.0％group was significantly increased(P＜0.05).The study indicates that Ficus hirta stems and leaves powder have no significant effect on the growth performance of yellow-feathered broilers,but can improve the immune function and antioxidant capacity,with the optimal supplementary dosage being 1.0％.
Keywords：Ficus hirtayellow-feathered broilersgrowth performanceimmune functionantioxidant indexes
Publication Date：2025-08-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-10-28(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 42-46 )