Title
Effects of dietary enzymolysis products of wheat gluten on the growth performance, serum biochemical, immune, and antioxidant status of broilers
Date Issued
02 November 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Fang J.
Deng C.
Zhu D.
Peng H.
Jiang H.
Li A.
University of Granma
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
This study is aimed at determining the effects of dietary enzymolysis products of wheat gluten on the growth performance, organ weights, serum and intestinal antioxidant indices, serum biochemical indicators, and immunoglobulins of broiler chickens. The treatments consisted of a basal control diet, 2% of wheat gluten, and 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4% of enzymolysis products of wheat gluten. The inclusion of up to 4% of enzymolysis products of wheat gluten improved body weight and average daily gain. At 21 days, serum superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) had increased in the 2% of wheat gluten treatment (P <.05). At 42 days, both serum T-SOD and blood urea nitrogen had increased while uric acid had decreased (P <.05) in 2% enzymolysis products of wheat gluten treatment. These results showed that dietary inclusion of 2% enzymolysis products of wheat gluten can have beneficial effects on the growth performance and intestinal antioxidant activities of broiler chickens. Abbreviations: ADG: average daily gain; ADFI: average daily feed intake; AKP: alkaline phosphatase; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; BW: body weight; F/G: feed efficiency; GSH-Px: glutathione peroxidase; MDA: malondialdehyde; T-AOC: total antioxidant capacity; T-SOD: superoxide dismutase; CAT: catalase.
Start page
1155
End page
1167
Volume
28
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria Inmunología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85020551219
Source
Food and Agricultural Immunology
ISSN of the container
09540105
Source funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 31672457], Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China [grant numbers 2015-Z64, 2016-X47], and Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Department [grant numbers 2016NK2101, 2016WK2008, 2016TP2005].
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