Garlic oil and Rosemary supplementation in broiler chicken diets
Effect of Rosemary and Garlic Oil Supplementation on Glutathione Redox System of Broiler Chickens
Published:December 2, 2010
Summary
Abstract The purpose of present study was to investigate the effect of rosemary and garlic oils on the lipid peroxidation and glutathione redox system in the blood and liver of broiler chicken. Day-old Hubbard broiler chickens (n=200) were fed with commercial broiler feed (control) and supplemented with garlic oil (0.25 g kg -1 ), rosemary oil (1.5 g kg -1 ) or their combination (0.25 ...
Use of herbs for treatment of different ailments are as old as human itself. Different cultures developed wisdom to utilize locally available natural things to use as food or to ease their suffering through trial and error over centuries. We learn from our elders the age old remedies to use different natural product to prepare and use for treatment of different diseases. They never explained a reason to us but we were always told that we must not question our elders wisdom and should follow these recipes .
But during this age of science, it is now researchers and scientist giving some definition or explanation to the working of natural herbs or plants so that we could have a reason to use the particular treatment that we were using on advice of our elders.
This is an excellent piece of research that confirm the wisdom of our elders by giving scientific explanation to those treatments.
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) has been widely used as a foodstuff since antiquity and has acquired a reputation in the folklore of many cultures as a therapeutic agent. It has been known as an herbal remedy to prevent and treat a variety of heart diseases and metabolic diseases, such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, hypertension, dementia, cancer, and diabetes.Very excellent paper on the use of of Rosemary and Garlic Oil Supplementation in broiler ration.