%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of Dietary Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and Multi-Strain Probiotic on Growth and Carcass Traits, Blood Biochemistry, Immune Responses and Intestinal Microflora in Broiler Chickens
%A Alireza Seidavi
%A Erwin Paz
%A Faramin Javandel
%A Marco Ragni
%A Mehdi Qorbanpour
%A Mehran Nosrati
%A Taha Fahim
%A Vito Laudadio
%J Archive of "Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI".
%D 2018
%R 10.3390/ani8070117
%X In the last decade, there has been growing interest in the use of natural herbs and probiotics as alternatives to antibiotics in feeds to improve animal productivity and to maximize their potential output. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the effect of different levels of ginger powder and a commercial multi-strain probiotic in the diet on broiler performance, immune response, microbiota, haematology and carcass characteristics. Based on findings, dietary supplementation with both ginger or probiotics showed significant influence on birdsĄŻ immune response, probably because ginger had strong antioxidant activity and the probiotics stimulated the production of natural antibodies
%K medicinal plants
%K broiler
%K growth
%K blood parameters
%K immune system
%K intestinal microflora
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071000/