Effect of Dietary Thyme （Thymus vulgaris） and Mint （Menthe piperita） on Some Blood Parameters of Broiler Chickens  

作　　者：A. M. Aghazadeh R. Abdolkarimi Z. Ashkavand 

机构地区：[1]Department of animal science, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran [2]DOS in biochemistry, Manasagangotri, Mysore University, Mysore, India

出　　处：《Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology(A)》2011年第8期1288-1290,共3页农业科学与技术（A）

摘　　要：A total of 280-day-old broilers （Ross 308） were randomly assigned to seven groups each containing for replicates with 10 chicks. The control group received the corn soybean meal based diet. In the treatment groups the basal diet was supplemented with one of following 0.2%, 0.4% and 0.6% Thyme and Mint extracts. Triglyceride was significantly decreased by addition of 0.2% and 0.4% of Thyme extract （TE）. The TE supplemented diets contained significantly lower cholesterol concentration and low density lipoprotein compared to the control diet. High density lipoprotein content was not significantly affected by dietary treatments. Likewise, differences among groups were not significant for hematocrit and hemoglobin level. The addition of Mint extract （ME） to the broiler diet led to a significant reduction in the triglyceride, cholesterol concentration and LDL. Differences among groups were not significant for HDL, hematocrit, or hemoglobin level. The results showed that both of TE and ME supplementation significantly decreased plasma level of triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol were also numerically increased with the addition of both TE and ME.

关 键 词：Thyme extract MINT BROILER blood parameters. 

分 类 号：S831.5[农业科学—畜牧学] TQ654.2[农业科学—畜牧兽医]