Serum Lipid Profile and Meat Cholesterol Levels as Influenced by Triphala in Commercial Broiler Chicken
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2020-12
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Abstract
The biological experiment was carried out to determine the serum lipid profile and chicken
meat cholesterol levels as influenced by Triphala supplementation in broilers. A total of
three hundred commercial one day-old sex separated broiler chicks were randomly
grouped into six treatments with five replicates for each treatment containing ten chicks
per replicate. The chicks were reared from day-old to 35 days of age in deep litter system
under standard management conditions throughout the experimental period. The treatment
groups were fed with basal diet without supplementation of antibiotic growth promoter /
Triphala (T1) or with supplementation of Oxytetracycline at 0.004 per cent (T2), or with
supplementation of Triphala at 0.025 per cent (T3), 0.05 per cent (T4), 0.075 per cent (T5)
or 0.10 per cent (T6). At the end of the experiment (35th day), one male and one female
bird per replicate, totally ten birds per treatment group were randomly selected. Blood
samples were collected for serum lipid profile and meat cholesterol level studies. The
experiment revealed that there existed no significant differences in triglycerides and very
low density lipoprotein level of serum among the treatment groups. Supplementation of
Triphala decreased the serum total cholesterol of broiler chicken in dose dependant fashion
with lowest cholesterol recorded in the group supplemented with 0.10 per cent Triphala in
diet (T6). The groups supplemented with Triphala had significantly (P<0.01) lowered total
cholesterol in serum, breast and thigh meat, and increased ratio of HDL: LDL in serum of
broiler chicken in a dose dependent manner with maximum effect at 0.10 per cent Triphala
supplementation (T6) than control (T1) and antibiotic supplemented group (T2).
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TNV_IJCMAS_2020_9(12)3183-3187
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Veterinary Science