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DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
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Broiler chickens’ liver integrity fed garlic- and ginger-based diets
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2025.620 | Article Number: 6212A33E7 | Vol.10 (5) - October 2025
Received Date: 29 September 2025 | Accepted Date: 29 October 2025 | Published Date: 30 October 2025
Authors: Johnson N. C. , Diri M.* , Okejim, J. A. and David, E. U.
Keywords: Health, Alanine amino transferase, alkaline phosphatase, aspartic amino transferase
The effects of the consumption of garlic- and ginger-based diets were studied on liver health and integrity of broiler chickens. 120-day-old CHI broiler chicks were used for the investigation. The chicks on arrival at the study venue were first brooded and similarly managed for 4 weeks to ensure that the chicks were fully adapted to their new environment. At the end of the 4 weeks adaptation period, the birds were randomly allotted to 4 dietary treatments with 30 birds/treatment and 3 replicates of 10 birds/replicate as: T1(control diet; contained no garlic and ginger), T2 (contained 10 g of ginger), T3 (contained 10 g of garlic) and T4 (contained 5g of garlic + 5 g of ginger)/kg of diet, respectively. The birds were fed their respective experimental diets for 4 weeks (28 days). At the end of the 28 days, 9 birds from each treatment group, consisting of 3 birds from each replicate, were bled, and their blood was collected into non-ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) tubes and immediately transported to the laboratory for liver biomarker analyses. The 3 liver-biomarkers analysed for were: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartic aminotransferase (AST) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). Results showed that there were no significant (p > 0.05) differences in the serum levels of ALT amongst all treatment groups. However, there were significant (p < 0.05) differences in the serum levels of AST and ALP for all the dietary treatment groups. Birds in the T1 group had the highest levels, whereas the T2 group significantly (p < 0.05) demonstrated the lowest levels of AST and ALP. Ingestion of garlic and ginger had no effect on ALT but had significant lowering effects on AST and ALP. Therefore, it was concluded that dietary garlic and ginger could be used in maintaining the health and integrity of the livers of broiler chickens.
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