Articles | Volume 67, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-445-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-445-2024
Original study
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24 Sep 2024
Original study |  | 24 Sep 2024

Use of black pepper oil in growing-quail diets and its impact on growth, carcass measurements, intestinal microbiota, and blood chemistry

Fayiz M. Reda, Ayman S. Salah, Youssef A. Attia, Rashed A. Alhotan, Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Alessandro Di Cerbo, and Mahmoud Alagawany

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The goal of the current study was to determine how dietary black pepper oil (BPO) supplementation affected growth performance, characteristics of growing quails' immunity, antioxidant status, and carcass yield. In conclusion, dietary BPO supplementation in Japanese quails' diet can boost growth performance and antioxidant indices, enhance lipid profile and carcass traits, and reduce intestinal infections.
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