The effect of hempseed (Cannabis sativa L.) on performance, humoral immune response and plasma antioxidative activity and lipid profile in broiler chicks

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This experiment was conducted to evaluate effect of hempseed on performance, immune response and plasma antioxidative activity and lipid profile in broiler chicks. A total of 250 one-day male broiler chicks (Ross 308 strain) were randomly divided into five treatments with five replicates (10 birds per cage). The treatments were: 1) Control diet (H0, no hempseed); 2) the diet contain 5% hempseed (H5); the diet contain 10% hempseed (H10); the diet contain 15% hempseed (H15) and the diet contain 20% hempseed (H20). Data were analyzed using of the PROC GLM of SAS 9.1 software and means were compared using of tukey test. The results of this study indicated that inclusion of hempseed up to 10% into diet significantly (P<0.05) decreased feed intake, body weight but had no significant effect on feed conversion ratio. Also, use of hempseed up to 5% into diet significantly (P<0.05) decreased plasma Malondialdehyde (MDA) content (P<0.05), but had no significant effect on humoral immune response. Plasma total cholesterol, triglyceride and HDL concentrations were not significantly altered. But plasma LDL concentration significantly (P<0.05) decreased in hempseed supplemented groups in compared with control group. In conclusion, although use of hempseed up to 5% into diet improved plasma antioxidative activity, but due to decrease performance, use of it up to 10% into diet was not recommended.

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Animal Sciences Journal
Volume 29, Issue 112
December 2016
Pages 155-164

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