Effect of Essential Oil and Exogenous Enzymes on Blood Chemistry Profile and Antioxidant Capacity in Broiler Chickens

The quality and safety of feed for broiler chickens are not only key factors to meeting production priorities but also improved health, hence the need to improve broiler chicken diet with alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters such as probiotics, essential oil and exogenous enzymes. This experiment was carried out to determine the effect of enzymes and essential oils combination in sorghum based diet for broiler chickens. Three hundred and thirty 330 Ross broiler chicks were allotted to five 5 dietary treatments in three 3 replicates and each having twenty two 22 birds respectively. The five treatments groups were fed with sorghum based diet and sorghum based diet with feed additives, which included Ronozyme® ProAct enzyme, Roxazyme® G2G enzyme, Axtra® XAP 101 enzyme and Biostrong® 510 15 essential oils respectively. The result for serum protein showed that albumin levels were high in birds fed diets supplemented with multi enzyme XAP and essential oils, while values for lipid profile varied based on the different dietary treatment. The total antioxidant capacity showed that enzymes in combination with essential oils confer protection on the chickens via improved antioxidant capacity. It was concluded that the utilization of Biostrong® 510 15 and and exogenous enzymes in sorghum based diets improved the immunity of broiler chickens. Oladipo, M F | Onimisi, P. A | Abeke, F. O "Effect of Essential Oil and Exogenous Enzymes on Blood Chemistry Profile and Antioxidant Capacity in Broiler Chickens" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-3 , June 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd56330.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/biological-science/animal-science/56330/effect-of-essential-oil-and-exogenous-enzymes-on-blood-chemistry-profile-and-antioxidant-capacity-in-broiler-chickens/oladipo-m-f