TY - EJOUR
AU - Pourhossein, Z.
AU - Qotbi, A.
AU - Seidavi, A.
AU - Laudadio, V.
AU - Mazzei, D.
AU - Tufarelli, V.
PY - 2024
DA - January
TI - Feeding of dried sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) peel on humoral immune response of broiler chickens
T2 - International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture
VL - 8
L1 - https://oiccpress.com/international-journal-of-recycling-of-organic-waste-in-agriculture/article/feeding-of-dried-sweet-orange-citrus-sinensis-peel-on-humoral-immune-response-of-broiler-chickens/
DO - 10.1007/s40093-019-0272-8
N2 - Purpose An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of dried sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) peel (DCSP) on humoral immune response of broiler chickens. Methods Four hundred 1-day-old Ross 308 broilers were distributed according to a completely randomized design into five treatments with four replicates of 20 chicks each. The following five dietary treatments were applied: control group with 0% DCSP; diet containing 1.5% DCSP from 1 to 21 days of age (starter phase) and from 1 to 42 days of age, respectively; and diet containing 3% DCSP from 1 to 21 days of age (starter phase) and from 1 to 42 days of age, respectively. Results The DCSP treatments influenced positively total anti-SRBC and IgG titers on days 28 and 42, whereas no differences were found for IgM titer. The anti-NDV titers were not affected by diets; conversely, the anti-AIV titers were different among treatments. The anti-IBD titers were different on days 14 and 42 among diets, whereas anti-IBV titers were not influenced by treatments. Average white blood cell, heterophil, lymphocyte, and monocyte counts, as well as heterophil/lymphocyte (H/L) ratio, were different among treatments. Conclusion The findings suggested that the dietary inclusion of dried Citrus sinensis promoted some effects on the immune humoral response of chickens; however, these effects were not completely effective to protect birds from the main diseases.
IS - 4
PB - OICC Press
KW - Nutrition, Citrus sinensis , Broiler , Immunity 
EN -