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World Vet J, 10(3): 391-397, September 25, 2020
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.36380/scil.2020.wvj48
Effects of Dietary Inclusion of Pentadiplandra brazzeana Powder on Growth Performances, Gut Microbiota, and Haemato-Biochemical Indices of Broiler Chickens
Necdem Tsafack Boris*, Kana Jean Raphaël, Ngouana Tadjong Ruben, Ebile Dayan Agwah, Donfack Mikael, Tchouan Deffo Gilchrist and Kengni Noubissie Josiane
Animal production and Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Animal sciences, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon.
»Corresponding author's Email: [email protected]; : 0000-0002-7660-7867
ABSTRACT
This study was designed to assess the rearing performances of broiler chickens under two Pentadiplandra brazzeana powder feeding diets. A total of 256 day-old Cobb 500 broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 4 treatment groups with 4 replicates of 16 birds each in a completely randomized design. This trial involved administrating Pentadiplandra brazzeana powder to broiler chickens via drinking water (2 g/l) or dry feed (2 g/kg) and comparing the result to those obtained from chickens fed on antibiotic (1 g/kg) and chickens fed without additive. The results revealed that the incorporation of Pentadiplandra brazzeana powder in chickens' diet and drinking water could decrease feed intake, compared to the negative control diet. The inclusion of Pentadiplandra brazzeana powder in water and antibiotic in diet recorded the high live weight and weight gain, compared to the birds fed with the powder in feed and the negative control diet. The low feed conversion ratio was reported with the water supplemented with P. brazzeana powder. The carcass yield was significantly higher with the inclusion of the powder via drinking water, compared to the inclusion via feed and with the control diet. The feeding method did not affect the haemato-biochemical parameters, compared to the control diet. Chickens fed with a diet containing Pentadiplandra brazzeana powder in water recorded the highest (p<0.05) lactic acid bacteria count, compared to E. coli and Salmonella. In conclusion, dietary supplementing with Pentadiplandra brazzeana powder through drinking water at a rate of 2 g/l can be used as an alternative to antibiotics to improve the growth performances of broiler chickens.
Keywords: Broiler chicken, Growth performances, Gut microflora, Haemato-biochemical profile, Pentadiplandra brazzeana
INTRODUCTION
The use of Antibiotic Growth Promoters (AGPs) in animal diet has led not only to the development of resistance by pathogenic bacteria (Toghyani et al., 2011), but also residues found in livestock products could be harmful for consumer health (Vicente et al., 2007). It has been resulted to the systematic interdiction and removal of AGPs in animal nutrition (Cervantes, 2006, Kana et al., 2017a). Therefore, the searches for alternative feed supplements have been increased extensively and considerable attention has been given to phytogenic as replacements for antibiotics growth promoters, which should have the same beneficial effect as AGPs. Phytobiotic or phytogenic are compounds of plant origin which are incorporated in animal feed to improve growth performances through their anti-oxidative and antimicrobial action (Oko and Agiang, 2009; Gakunga et al., 2013; Alonge et al., 2017). Example of some phytobiotics includes herbs, spices as well as extracts of plants (Windisch et al., 2008). The beneficial properties of phytobiotic is due to the presence of actives substances such as phenol, tannins, alkaloids and terpenoids (Alloui et al., 2011). These actives substances in animal industry, have the ability to activate feed intake and digestive secretion, anti-inflammatory activity, antimicrobial and antioxydant properties. Previous study revealed that Zingiber officinale and Allium sativum (Karangiya et al., 2016), Tetrapleura tetraptera, Afrostyrax lepidophyllus and Dichrostachys glomerata improve growth performance of broiler chickens (Kana et al., 2017abc).
Pentadiplandra brazzeana is a spontaneous arborescent shrub or climber growing from the West coast of Africa, Central Africa to the basin of the Zambezi (Kouka, 2001). This species is widely used in traditional medicine. The roots of these plants are often harvested by the local people to treat many types of ailments such as kidney pains and hemorrhoids, constipation, cough and post-partum hemorragy (Cimanga et al., 2018; Lautenschläger et al., 2018). These supplements are commonly used for their culinary properties (Abdou et al., 2012). Phytochemical test of the roots has revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols and triterpernes (Ngbolua et al., 2011; Lautenschläger et al., 2018). Also, in vitro studies have revealed antimicrobial (Nyegue et al., 2009), antifungic (Dzoyem et al., 2014),
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antioxidant (Abdou et al., 2012) and cytotoxic (Kuete et al., 2011) properties of the roots of this plant. Based on these properties, it's proposed that roots of this plant, commonly use as spice could balance the gut microbiata, ensure good health, thus improving growth performances of broiler chickens. However, the active compounds present in this spice are easily damageable, which can prevent adequate levels from reaching target sites and lead to a decrease of the potential bioactivity of these compounds, a qualitative loss of properties (Mahmood et al., 2018), thus reducing the effectiveness of the powder. Hence, the need to find a way of administrating of the spice powder through the diet, making it possible to better conserve and limit the alteration of its active compounds in order to make them more available and accessible along the digestive tract of the animal. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Pentadiplandra brazzeana powder either in water or in feed supplement on growth performances in order to determine the best way of incorporating spices powder in poultry diet.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Ethical approval
The present study has been performed in agreement with the guidelines of the ethical standards from the 1964 Helsinki declaration and latterly amendment under approval code # CU/II/F/34/19#.
Conditions of experiment
The study was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon. Annual temperatures vary between 10°C and 25°C.
Feed additives
Dried sample of Pentadiplandra brazzeana roots was ground into powder in a harmed mill, sieved and incorporated in the experimental diets. Sample of the ground spices was put into polyethylene plastics and stored at 4°C in a refrigerator until analysis. Phytochemical screening of Pentadiplandra brazzeana was done according to the common phytochemical methods described by Harborne (1973). The screening revealed that saponins and sterols were absent. Phenols, tannins, flavonoids alcaloids, tripernoids, anthocyanins and anthraquinons tests were positive. Antibiotic (Doxycyclin ®) used in the positive control diet was bought from a local veterinary pharmacy.
Animal and experimental diets
A total of 256 day-old Cobb 500 broiler chicks were randomly assigned to four treatments groups in a completely randomized design with 64 birds per treatment. Each group was sub divided into 4 replicates of 16 birds each. Two experimental diets were formulated from the negative control diet (T0-) formulated to meet their requirements (table 1) by incorporating 1 g of antibiotic/kg of feed and considered as positive control diet (T0+) and 2 g of P. brazzeana powder/kg of feed (T1). The last treatment consisted of incorporating 2 g of P. brazzeana powder in drinking water (T2). Throughout the experiment, vaccination and other routine poultry management practices were maintained. Chicks were weighed at the beginning of the experiment and on a weekly basis thereafter. Data on feed intake (FI) and body weight gain (BWG) were estimated and use to calculate feed conversion ratio (FCR). Feed and water were offered ad libitum.
Sample collection and analysis
Growth performances, hematological and serum biochemical parameters
Feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion ratio were evaluated on a weekly basis in both starter and finisher phases of the study. At the end of the feeding trial (49 days of age), 10 birds (5 males and 5 females) from each treatment group were randomly selected, fasted for 24 hours and slaughtered for carcass evaluation as preceded by Kana et al. (2017). From each slaughtered bird, blood was collected in 2 test tubes, one of which contained as anticoagulant. Blood with anticoagulant was used for hematological analysis using a full automatic blood cell counter (model PCE-210N Hong kong, china). Hematological parameters included White blood cell (WBC), Red blood cell (RBC), Hemoglobin (Hgb), Mean cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), Mean cell volume (MCV), Mean cell hemoglobin (MCH) and Packed cell volume (PCV). Meanwhile, after centrifugation of blood free from anticoagulant, serum was collected and preserved at -20°C for the evaluation of total protein, albumin, globulin, aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT), alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), total cholesterol, high density lipoproteins (HDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), triglyceride, urea and creatinine, using the colorimetric method as prescribed by the commercial kits (Spinreact ® kits).
Microbial count
A sterile spatula was used to collect freshly bird feces through cloacal swab. The identification and quantification of bacteria were assessed on appropriate specific culture media (MRS Agar for lactic acid bacteria, Mac conkey Agar for E. coli, SS Agar for Salmonella). Samples were incubated at 37°C for 24 h.
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To cite this paper: Necdem TB, Kana JR, Ngouana TR, Ebile DA, Donfack M, Tchouan DG and Kengni NJ (2020). Effects of Dietary Inclusion of Pentadiplandra brazzeana Powder on Growth Performances, Gut Microbiota and Haemato-Biochemical Indices of Broiler Chickens. World Vet J., 10 (3): 391-397. DOI: https ://dx. doi.org/10.36380/scil. 2020.wvj48
Statistical analysis
Data recorded on growth, hematological, biochemical and microbial parameters were submitted to one-way analysis of variance test by the general linear model procedure of statistical package for Social Science (SPSS ver. 20.0) software. The differences were tested using Duncan test and probability values less than 0.05 was considered as significant (Steel and Torrie, 1980).
Table 1. Composition and chemical analysis of basal diet
Ingredients (%) Starter (0-21d) Finisher (22-49d)
Maize 60 68
Wheat bran 3 2
Soybean meal 21 14
Cotton seed meal 5 5
Fish meal 5 5
Oeister shell 1 1
Premix 5%* 5 5
Total 100 100
Chemical analysis
Metabolizable energy (Kcal/kg) 2895.04 2998.50
Crude protein (%) 21.58 19.29
Energy/protein 134.15 155.68
Calcium (%) 1.17 1.15
Phosphorous (%) 0.48 0.44
Calcium/phosphorous 2.37 2.60
Lysin (%) 1.37 1.15
Methionin (%) 0.48 0.44
Lysin/methionin 2.85 2.63
Crude fibre (%) 5.00 5.19
*Premix 5%: crude proteins 400 mg, Lysin 33 mg, Methionin 24 mg, Calcium 80 mg, Phosphorous 20.5 mg, metabolizable energy 2078 kcal/kg, Vitamins: Retinol 10 000 000 IU, Cholecalciferol 3 000 000 UI, Tocopherol 2500 IU, Phylloquinon 4000 mg, Thiamin 5000 mg, Riboflavin 500 mg, Pyridoxin 2500 mg, Cyanocobalamin 5 mg, Folic acid 10 000 mg and Niacin 2000 mg.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Growth performances
Table 2 indicated the effect of the feeding mode of P. brazzeana powder on growth performances. During the growing phase and throughout the production period, the administration of P. brazzeana powder through feed and water induced a significant (p<0.05) decrease in feed intake compared to the negative control diet. This decrease in feed intake could be explained by the strong smell of the spice and the presence of alkaloids which may have induced a bitter taste and have not been well appreciated by the birds inducing the drop of the consumption. These results are in agreement with the finding of Kana et al. (2017c) who reported that administration of Tetrapleura tetraptera powder in broiler chickens feed significantly decreased feed intake. The present result is in contradiction with the finding of Nweze et al. (2011) who reported that feeding broilers with Tetrapleura tetraptera through feed, fresh and boiled water has no effect on feed intake. Similarly, Kana et al. (2017b) recorded no significant effect on feed intake with the incorporation of 2g of Afrostyrax lepidophyllus fruit and bark powder in broilers feed. Likewise, Ebile et al. (2018a) reported that feeding quails with 0.5% of Dichostachys glomerata powder through feed or water had no significant effects (p<0.05) on feed intake. The difference between all these results can be attributed to the variability of composition in actives compounds in those spices.
As shown in table 2, birds fed on antibiotic and P. brazzeana powder in drinking water recorded the highest live weight and weight gain (p<0.05) compared to the negative control and birds receiving P. brazzeana powder through feed. These decreased due to the administration through feed of the spice powder could be explained by a loss of some active ingredients in the feed due to their volatility. This reduction of growth is similar to the finding of Kana et al. (2017c) who reported that during the brooding phase diet supplemented with Tetrapleura tetraptera powder decreased live body weight. In contrary, the highest body weight obtained with water administration could be explained by the effectiveness of water in extracting secondary metabolites from the spice and made it more disponible for the animal. These active metabolites have antibacterial and antioxidant properties known to reduce the risk of developing microbiota pathogens, by destroying the bacterial membranes, making unavailable certain substrates for the bacteria and inactivate bacterial enzyme (Windisch et al., 2008), resulting in greater availability of certain nutrients, thus improving in live weight. This result is similar to those of Vivian et al. (2015) who reported that the aqueous extract of ginger significantly improved growth performances of chickens.
Data presented in table 2 showed that, birds receiving antibiotic and P. brazzeana powder through water recorded the lowest (p<0.05) FCR of all the treatments. This decrease in FCR can be understood by a greater availability of active ingredients in water than in feed, due to their antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties improved the availability and increased the absorption and better utilization of nutrients.
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The effects of P. brazzeana feeding diets on carcass yield and relative weight of organs are presented in table 3. Regardless of P. brazzeana feeding diets, there were no significant (p>0.05) effects on relative weight of the legs, heart, liver, gizzard and abdominal fat compared to the control diets. Bird fed with antibiotic and P. brazzeana powder in drinking water recorded the highest (p<0.05) carcass yield compared to the negative control and the administration of the powder through feed. This improvement of carcass yield may result in the positive effect on live weight. These results are in contradiction with those of Kana et al. (2017c) who reported no significant effect on carcass yield when birds were fed with Tetrapleura tetraptera powder.
Table 2. The effects of P. brazzeana diets in growth performance of broilers
Characteristics Study period Treatments
(days) T0- T0+ T1 T2 P
01- 21 1152.50±29.41a 1014.94±76.05b 1089.03±64.40ab 1135.55±35.69a 0.01
Feed intake (g) 22 - 49 4152.40±63.88a 4024.47±74.58b 4026.84±70.96b 4005.97±25.92b 0.02
1 - 49 5304.90±46.68a 5039.40±37.54c 5115.37±75.78b 5141.53±21.56b 0.00
Live weight (g) 01 - 21 22 -49 636.73±24.00a 2146.26±17.02b 583.31±26.74b 2281.52±24.60a 574.78±35.08b 2114.38±27.21b 635.90±21.26a 2270.30±25.51a 0,01 0,00
Body weight gain (g) 01 - 21 22 - 49 596.73±24.00a 1518.39±23.66b 543.31±26.74b 1698.27±24.70a 552.28±25.20b 1580.43±45.40b 595.64±17.37a 1643.51±27.75a 0.01 0.00
01 - 49 2115.12±21.11b 2241.58±20.15a 2082.54±54.60b 2239.15±42.52a 0.00
Feed conversion ratio 01 - 21 22 - 49 01 - 49 1.93±0.05 2.69±0.04a 2.48±0.02a 1.87±0.18 2.37±0.06c 2.22±0.02c 1.96±0.17 2.54±0.11b 2.37±0.09b 1.91±0.09 2.40±0.05c 2.27±0.05c 0.11 0.00 0.00
Means with the same superscript on the same row are not significantly different (p>0,05). P= probability. T0- =control diet; T0+ = T0+ 0.1%
Doxycycline; T1 = T0+ 2 g of P. brazzeana /kg of feed; T2 = T0 + 2 g of P. brazzeana /liter of water.
Table 3. The effects of P. brazzeana diets in carcass characteristics of broiler chickens
Parameters (%BW)
Treatments
T0-
T0+
T1
T2
Carcass yield 72.18±1.84b 74.54±1.84a 71.59±1.67b 74.12±1.70a 0.00
Head 2.50±0.14a 2.27±0.16b 2.12±0.23b 2.27±0.24b 0.00
Leg 3.55±0.33 3.88±0.47 3.59±0.52 3.83±0.34 0.12
Liver 1.79±0.12b 2.35±0.45a 1.94±0.28b 1.68±0.42b 0.00
pancreas 0.17±0.03 0.16±0.02 0.18±0.04 0.16±0.03 0.61
Gizzard 1.48±0.18 1.52±0.25 1.58±0.21 1.45±0.13 0.72
Heart 0.46±0.07 0.48±0.08 0.42±0.06 0.45±0.10 1.05
Abdominal fat 2.48±0.50 2.44±0.54 2.79±0.69 2.30±0.41 1.46
a : Means with the same superscript on the same row are not significantly different (p>0.05). P= probability. T0- =control diet; T0 = T0+ 0.1% Doxycycline; T1 = T0+ 2 g of P. brazzeana /kg of feed; T2 = T0 + 2 g of P. brazzeana /liter of water.
Gut microbiata
As shown in table 4, the analysis of variance revealed that, the number of Escherichia coli and salmonella was significantly lower with the administration of antibiotic and P. brazzeana powder through feed and water compared to the negative control diet. Thus, as non-significant, the number of these pathogenic bacteria was less in birds receiving the spice through water compared to feed. This could be explained by the presence of active substances like phenols, flavonoid and alkaloids in the spice which promoted the development of lactic acid bacteria by reducing the development of pathogeneous bacteria. Antimicrobial property of the spice is considered to arise from phenols (Muanda et al., 2011), and hydrophobic compounds present in spices that intrude into the bacterial cell membrane inducing the disintegration of the membrane structure and cause leakage thus making microbes less virulent (Windisch et al., 2008). This result are in agreement with the findings of Ngouana et al. (2017) who observed an increased in lactic acid bacteria population in the intestine of healthy chickens. The lactic acid bacteria multiply and eliminate pathogenic bacteria by acidifying the intestinal gut and producing antibacterial substances like organic acids (Elarousi et al., 2008).
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Table 4. Fecal microbial load of broiler chickens as affected P. brazzeana diets
Bacteria load log10 Treatments
(UFC) T0- T0+ T1 T2 P
Lactobacillus spp 8.65±0.14ab 8.42±0.17b 8.51±0.16ab 8.60±0.16a 0.05
Escherichia. coli 8.91±0.09a 8.47±0.08b 8.64±0.20b 8.42±0.11b 0.00
Salmonella spp a, b. n ,_______________________ 8.69±0.12a 8.35±0.07b 8.50±0.10b 8.42±0.09b 0.00
b: Means with the same superscript on the same row are not significantly different (p>0.05). P= probability. T0- =control diet; T0+ = T0+ 0.1% Doxycycline; T1 = T0+ 2 g of Pentadiplandra brazzeana/kg of feed; T2 = T0 + 2 g of Pentadiplandra brazzeanaAiter of water.
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Biochemical parameters
Table 5 summarizes the effects of feeding diets of P. brazzeana powder on biochemical parameters. With the exception of ASAT and LDL cholesterol which were markedly affected (p<0.05), experimental diet did not significantly affect the other studied biochemical parameters. Diet receiving antibiotic induced a significant increase in serum level of ASAT (p<0.05). There were no significant effects between P. brazzeana feeding diets and the negative control diet on serum content of ASAT, ALAT, creatinine, urea, total cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol. These findings indicated that supplementation of P. brazzeana powder in feed or water had no negative effect on the liver and kidney. This can be due to the presence of hepato-protectory effect of substances present in the studied spice like saponins (Barbosa, 2014). It can be suggested that active compounds have improved the secretion of bile salt and led to a better digestion of lipids present in the feed (Frankic et al., 2009). This finding is in agreement with the finding of Ebile et al. (2018a), who recorded no significant effects on serum biochemical parameters of quails. The present results contradict the findings of Kana et al. (2017a, b) who respectively reported a marked (p<0.05) increased in creatinine content with 0.4% Dischrotachys glomerata and Afrostyrax lepidophyllus in broiler chickens. Diet receiving antibiotic induced a significant increase in serum content of ASAT. These results are in contradiction with the result of Ali et al. (2007) who reported that the addition of thyme in broiler chickens diet induced a significant decrease in serum total cholesterol.
Table 5. Effects of P. brazzeana feeding diets on serum parameters of broilers chickens
Parameters Treatments
T0" T0+ T1 T2 SEM P
ASAT (U/I) 157.60b 221.08a 124.35b 106.89b 12.35 0.00
ALAT (U/I) 39.20 46.25 42.65 38.93 5.96 0.97
Urea (mg/dl) 0.51 0.57 0.71 0.65 0.19 0.51
Creatinine (mg/dl) 1.50 1.51 1.33 1.25 0.25 0.24
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 122.74 114.69 119.11 116.16 6.29 0.82
Triglycerid (mg/dl) 85.83 86.86 89.91 89.17 5.03 0.99
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 119.66 125.64 113.28 133.81 5.42 0.64
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 26.67b 53.32a 33.65ab 21.91b 4.55 0.04
4 b: Means with the same superscript on the same row are not significantly different (p>0.05). p: probability. T0: control diet; T0+: T0+ 0.1% Doxycycline; T1: T0+ 2 g of Pentadiplandra brazzeanaikg of feed; T2: T0 + 2 g ofPentadiplandra brazzeanaAite of water.
Hematological parameters
Table 6 indicates the effects of P. brazzeana feeding diets on hematological parameters of broiler chickens at 49 days of age. Feeding broilers with Pentadiplandra brazzeana powder had no significant effects on blood hematological parameters irrespective of the feeding regime. This result is in agreement with the finding of Zomrawi et al. (2012) who stated no significant effect on Hgb, MCV, MCH and MCHC in blood of broiler chicken supplemented with different levels of ginger root powder. The present results are in contradiction with the findings of Al-Kassie et al. (2011), who recorded a significant decreased in WBC, RBC, Hgb and PCV when 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75% and 1% hot red pepper was incorporated through broiler diet compared to the control diet. Furthermore, Vivian et al. (2015) reported a significant increase in WBC, RBC and Hgb compared to the control treatment when 50 ml ginger, garlic and the combination of the two were incorporated in broiler drinking water.
Table 6. Effects of P. brazzeana feeding diets on hematological parameters of broiler chickens
Treatments
Parameters T0- T0+ T1 T2 P
WBC (103/^l) 83.83±7.36 86.57±5.97 82.98±5.45 82.27±4.65 0.85
RBC (106/pI) 2.43±0.24 2.88±0.40 2.60±0.28 2.56±0.15 0.09
Hgb (g/dl) 11.70±1.14 13.17±1.75 12.60±1.14 11.87±0.72 0.35
PCV (%) 33.23±2.18 37.37±4.97 33.88±3.39 33.80±2.38 0.15
MCV (fL) 137.43±4.96 130.17±6.43 131.10±5.25 132.47±5.99 0.35
MCH (pg) 48.07±1.64 45.67±1.79 48.70±4.40 46.40±1.86 0.84
PLT (10V) 47.17±21.37 51.00±22.14 46.40±18.67 37.00±11.71 0.67
CONCLUSION
It's concluded that dietary administration of P. brazzeana powder to through drinking water at level of 2g/L improved growth performances of broiler chickens. Hence, P. brazzeana powder could be used through water as alternative to antibiotics growth promoters in poultry production.
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DECLARATIONS
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Author's contribution
Necdem T. Boris, Donfack Mikael, Deffo T. Gilchrist and Kengni N. Josiane went to the field to carry out the research and collect the samples. Kana J. Raphaël and Ngouana T. Ruben supervised the overall research work. Necdem T. Boris wrote the first draft before being revised by Kana J. Raphaël and Ebile D. Agwah. The final draft of article is approved by all the authors.
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