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Medicinal plants with antibacterial effects have been used by humans for centuries. In the recent decade, due to the development of antibiotic resistant strains, many studies have focused on the use of natural compounds as feed additives in livestock. Ginger, among all, have repetitively shown numerous biological activities, antibacterial, and antibiotic properties. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of ginger root powder (GP) on the performance, egg quality, and blood parameters of Japanese quail. A total of 240 10-weeks old female quails were used in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments, 4 replicates, and 15 birds per replicate. Dietary treatment were basal diet (control) and basal diet containing 0.5, 1, and 1.5 g/kg of ginger root powder. Growth performance and exterior and interior quality of egg were measured biweekly over eight-week period. At the end of experiment blood parameters were evaluated. The results showed that diet supplementation with different levels of GP had no significant effect on egg production, egg mass weight, and egg weight (p > 0.05). However, feed intake and feed conversion ratio were significantly lower in the treatment group than the control in the whole period (p < 0.05). Egg Quality traits (shape index, albumen index, the percentage of albumen, yolk and shell, yolk pH, and shell thickness and strength) were not affected by the supplements in the whole trial period. Addition of GP significantly increased the albumen height, Haugh unit, and albumen pH in comparison with the control treatment (p < 0.05). GP reduced blood triglyceride level yet was ineffective on blood total antioxidant capacity and malondialdehyde. In conclusion, dietary supplementation with GP, could improve productive performance and the egg quality of Japanese quails. Nonetheless a comprehensive study needs to be performed in order to evaluate the impact of quail dietary ginger supplementation on productive performance and egg quality and their stability during storage time for commercial use.
Zabihollah Nemati; Zahra Moradi; Kazem Alirezalu; Maghsoud Besharati; António Raposo. Impact of Ginger Root Powder Dietary Supplement on Productive Performance, Egg Quality, Antioxidant Status and Blood Parameters in Laying Japanese Quails. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2995 .
AMA StyleZabihollah Nemati, Zahra Moradi, Kazem Alirezalu, Maghsoud Besharati, António Raposo. Impact of Ginger Root Powder Dietary Supplement on Productive Performance, Egg Quality, Antioxidant Status and Blood Parameters in Laying Japanese Quails. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (6):2995.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZabihollah Nemati; Zahra Moradi; Kazem Alirezalu; Maghsoud Besharati; António Raposo. 2021. "Impact of Ginger Root Powder Dietary Supplement on Productive Performance, Egg Quality, Antioxidant Status and Blood Parameters in Laying Japanese Quails." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 6: 2995.
The present study was conducted to assess the impact of chitosan coating (1%) containing Artemisia fragrans essential oil (500, 1000, and 1500 ppm) as antioxidant and antimicrobial agent on the quality properties and shelf life of chicken fillets during refrigerated storage. After packaging meat samples, physicochemical, microbiological, and organoleptic attributes were evaluated at 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 days at 4 °C. The results revealed that applied chitosan (CH) coating in combination with Artemisia fragrans essential oils (AFEOs) had no significant (p < 0.05) effects on proximate composition among treatments. The results showed that the incorporation of AFEOs into CH coating significantly reduced (p < 0.05) pH, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and total volatile base nitrogen (TVB-N), especially for 1% CH coating + 1500 ppm AFEOs, with values at the end of storage of 5.58, 1.61, and 2.53, respectively. The coated samples also displayed higher phenolic compounds than those obtained by uncoated samples. Coated chicken meat had, significantly (p < 0.05), the highest inhibitory effects against microbial growth. The counts of TVC (total viable counts), coliforms, molds, and yeasts were significantly lower (p < 0.05) in 1% CH coating + 1500 ppm AFEOs fillets (5.32, 3.87, and 4.27 Log CFU/g, respectively) at day 12. Organoleptic attributes of coated samples also showed the highest overall acceptability scores than uncoated ones. Therefore, the incorporation of AFEOs into CH coating could be effectively used for improving stability and shelf life of chicken fillets during refrigerated storage.
Milad Yaghoubi; Ali Ayaseh; Kazem Alirezalu; Zabihollah Nemati; Mirian Pateiro; José Lorenzo. Effect of Chitosan Coating Incorporated with Artemisia fragrans Essential Oil on Fresh Chicken Meat during Refrigerated Storage. Polymers 2021, 13, 716 .
AMA StyleMilad Yaghoubi, Ali Ayaseh, Kazem Alirezalu, Zabihollah Nemati, Mirian Pateiro, José Lorenzo. Effect of Chitosan Coating Incorporated with Artemisia fragrans Essential Oil on Fresh Chicken Meat during Refrigerated Storage. Polymers. 2021; 13 (5):716.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMilad Yaghoubi; Ali Ayaseh; Kazem Alirezalu; Zabihollah Nemati; Mirian Pateiro; José Lorenzo. 2021. "Effect of Chitosan Coating Incorporated with Artemisia fragrans Essential Oil on Fresh Chicken Meat during Refrigerated Storage." Polymers 13, no. 5: 716.
Purpose of the experiment was to evaluate the effect of lemon-seed essential oils on chemical composition and in vitro degradability of alfalfa silage. Treatments were alfalfa silage with no additive (control) or treated with 60 ml/kg DM of lemon-seed (C60), of lemon-seed (C120) essential oils and equal mixed of them (M60). Whole plant alfalfa silage was ensiled for 60 d in triplicate laboratory scale tubes. Dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, insoluble fiber in acidic and neutral detergent, water soluble carbohydrate, pH, were measured with 3 replicates by in vitro gas production method. Dry matter (DM) content was greater for leo60 than control. Compared with control, neutral detergent fiber (NDF) concentration was decreased in leo120. Addition of essential oils and their combination to the silage significantly decreased (p<.0001) silage pH compared with untreated silage interestingly increased for all the silages containing essential oil compared with untreated silage. Addition of lemon-seed essential to alfalfa silage decreased the rate of disappearance of organic matter and dry matter in all treatments compared to the control treatment. The degradability potential of alfalfa silage has increased in treatments containing lemon-seed essential oil (60 ml / kg DM) which is significantly different from the control. In general, the obtained data show the positive effect of lemon-seed essential oil on the quality of alfalfa silage and its fermentation properties.
Maghsoud Besharati; University of Tabriz; Valiollah Palangi; Masomeh Niazifar; Zabihollah Nemati. Optimization of dietary lemon seed essential oil to enhance alfalfa silage chemical composition and in vitro degradability. Semina: Ciências Agrárias 2021, 42, 891 -906.
AMA StyleMaghsoud Besharati, University of Tabriz, Valiollah Palangi, Masomeh Niazifar, Zabihollah Nemati. Optimization of dietary lemon seed essential oil to enhance alfalfa silage chemical composition and in vitro degradability. Semina: Ciências Agrárias. 2021; 42 (2):891-906.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaghsoud Besharati; University of Tabriz; Valiollah Palangi; Masomeh Niazifar; Zabihollah Nemati. 2021. "Optimization of dietary lemon seed essential oil to enhance alfalfa silage chemical composition and in vitro degradability." Semina: Ciências Agrárias 42, no. 2: 891-906.
Ninety-six male goslings were allocated and assigned to treatment using a completely randomized design. Dietary treatments included a basal diet consisting of corn, wheat, and soybean meal with either no additional selenium (CON), 0.3 mg/kg of inorganic selenium (I-Se; sodium selenite), or 0.3 mg/kg of organic selenium (O-Se; selenium-enriched yeast). After a 56-day feeding period, geese were slaughtered on a common ending day and two geese per pen (n = 24) were used for the analyses conducted in this study. Meat (equal portions of the breast and thigh meat) and liver were collected and evaluated for proximate composition, fatty acid profile, pH, phenolic content, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) over a 9-day storage period at 4 °C. The meat and liver samples from geese supplemented I-Se or O-Se had greater (p < 0.01) lipid content compared with geese not supplemented with additional selenium. At the conclusion of the 9-day storage period, meat and liver samples from geese supplemented I-Se or O-Se had lower (p < 0.05) pH values, greater (p < 0.05) phenolic content, lower (p < 0.05) TBARS values, and lower (p < 0.05) TVB-N compared with geese not supplemented with additional selenium (CON).
Zabihollah Nemati; Kazem Alirezalu; Maghsoud Besharati; Benjamin Holman; Mohammadreza Hajipour; Benjamin Bohrer. The Effect of Dietary Supplementation with Inorganic or Organic Selenium on the Nutritional Quality and Shelf Life of Goose Meat and Liver. Animals 2021, 11, 261 .
AMA StyleZabihollah Nemati, Kazem Alirezalu, Maghsoud Besharati, Benjamin Holman, Mohammadreza Hajipour, Benjamin Bohrer. The Effect of Dietary Supplementation with Inorganic or Organic Selenium on the Nutritional Quality and Shelf Life of Goose Meat and Liver. Animals. 2021; 11 (2):261.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZabihollah Nemati; Kazem Alirezalu; Maghsoud Besharati; Benjamin Holman; Mohammadreza Hajipour; Benjamin Bohrer. 2021. "The Effect of Dietary Supplementation with Inorganic or Organic Selenium on the Nutritional Quality and Shelf Life of Goose Meat and Liver." Animals 11, no. 2: 261.
The effect of dietary supplementation with VE and Se on the laying productive performance, immunity, and the quality parameters of fresh and stored eggs was assessed. For this study, five treatments, namely control (basal diet), control plus 30 mg of VE and 0.4 mg kg−1 sodium selenite (VE30SS), control plus 30 mg of VE and 0.4 mg kg−1 of Sel-Plex® (VE30SP), control plus 120 mg VE and 0.4 mg kg−1 Sodium selenite (VE120SS), and control plus 120 mg VE and 0.4 mg kg−1 Sel-Plex (VE120SP), were examined. There was no huge impact of VE and Se on feed consumption, FCR and egg yield rate. Quality parameters of fresh egg including egg surface area, eggshell thickness, yolk selenium concentration, albumen height, and Haugh unit were significantly increased following VE and Se supplementation (p < 0.05). For stored eggs, VE and Se significantly increased egg yolk color intensity (p < 0.05). Regardless of storage temperature, eggs from birds fed with VE and Se had less weight loss during 30 days of storage. Albumen height was significantly higher in VE and Se fed birds in eggs stored at 5 °C for 15 and 30 days. The combination of Sel-Plex with either levels of VE had significantly higher blood total antioxidant capacity. Dietary VE and Selenium, notably Sel-Plex, improved the antioxidant potential of blood and egg quality of laying quails.
Zabihollah Nemati; Hosain Ahmadian; Maghsoud Besharati; Steven Lesson; Kazem Alirezalu; Rubén Domínguez; José M. Lorenzo. Assessment of Dietary Selenium and Vitamin E on Laying Performance and Quality Parameters of Fresh and Stored Eggs in Japanese Quails. Foods 2020, 9, 1324 .
AMA StyleZabihollah Nemati, Hosain Ahmadian, Maghsoud Besharati, Steven Lesson, Kazem Alirezalu, Rubén Domínguez, José M. Lorenzo. Assessment of Dietary Selenium and Vitamin E on Laying Performance and Quality Parameters of Fresh and Stored Eggs in Japanese Quails. Foods. 2020; 9 (9):1324.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZabihollah Nemati; Hosain Ahmadian; Maghsoud Besharati; Steven Lesson; Kazem Alirezalu; Rubén Domínguez; José M. Lorenzo. 2020. "Assessment of Dietary Selenium and Vitamin E on Laying Performance and Quality Parameters of Fresh and Stored Eggs in Japanese Quails." Foods 9, no. 9: 1324.
The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of dietary vitamin E on growth performance, cellular immunity, carcass characteristics, and meat quality in geese. Sixty-four one-day-old male geese were selected from 1200 goose chicks with the same average body weight (92.5 ± 2.5 g) and subjected to two treatments (basal diet or control and basal diet plus 120 mg/kg vitamin E supplement) with 4 replicates (8 geese per replicate) for 8 weeks. After slaughter, goose meat was aerobically packed in polyethylene packages and stored at 4 °C for 9 days. The results showed that vitamin E supplementation improved the growth performance, carcass yield percentage, and immune response of goose (p < 0.05). The addition of vitamin E in the diet significantly increased the protein and fat content of goose meat but decreased the moisture and ash content with respect to those obtained from the control diet. During storage, meat from the vitamin E treatment showed higher phenolic content and lower thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARSs) and total volatile nitrogen (TVB-N) values than those from the control treatment. Vitamin E supplementation increased the saturated fatty acids (SFAs), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in goose meat. However, goose meat supplemented with vitamin E displayed a significantly (p < 0.05) higher PUFA/SFA ratio than those of the control group. Based on the results, it was concluded that vitamin E could be used to improve the growth performance of goose, the meat composition in terms of the protein and fat content, the nutritional value in terms of the fatty acid composition, and the shelf life.
Zabihollah Nemati; Kazem Alirezalu; Maghsoud Besharati; Saeid Amirdahri; Daniel Franco; José M. Lorenzo. Improving the Quality Characteristics and Shelf Life of Meat and Growth Performance in Goose Fed Diets Supplemented with Vitamin E. Foods 2020, 9, 798 .
AMA StyleZabihollah Nemati, Kazem Alirezalu, Maghsoud Besharati, Saeid Amirdahri, Daniel Franco, José M. Lorenzo. Improving the Quality Characteristics and Shelf Life of Meat and Growth Performance in Goose Fed Diets Supplemented with Vitamin E. Foods. 2020; 9 (6):798.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZabihollah Nemati; Kazem Alirezalu; Maghsoud Besharati; Saeid Amirdahri; Daniel Franco; José M. Lorenzo. 2020. "Improving the Quality Characteristics and Shelf Life of Meat and Growth Performance in Goose Fed Diets Supplemented with Vitamin E." Foods 9, no. 6: 798.
Maghsoud Besharati; Niloofar Shafipour; Zabihollah Nemati; Amir Karimi; University of Tabriz. Effect of Supplementation of Alfalfa Silage with Lactobacillus Buchneri Additive, Orange Pulp and Molasses on Dry Matter, Crude Protein and Organic Matter Degradability by Nylon Bags. Research on Animal Production 2019, 10, 45 -52.
AMA StyleMaghsoud Besharati, Niloofar Shafipour, Zabihollah Nemati, Amir Karimi, University of Tabriz. Effect of Supplementation of Alfalfa Silage with Lactobacillus Buchneri Additive, Orange Pulp and Molasses on Dry Matter, Crude Protein and Organic Matter Degradability by Nylon Bags. Research on Animal Production. 2019; 10 (23):45-52.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaghsoud Besharati; Niloofar Shafipour; Zabihollah Nemati; Amir Karimi; University of Tabriz. 2019. "Effect of Supplementation of Alfalfa Silage with Lactobacillus Buchneri Additive, Orange Pulp and Molasses on Dry Matter, Crude Protein and Organic Matter Degradability by Nylon Bags." Research on Animal Production 10, no. 23: 45-52.
The effect of nisin (200 and 400 ppm), ε-polylysine (0.1 and 0.2%) and chitosan (0.5 and 1%) in combination with a Mixed Extract (green tea, stinging nettle and olive leaves extracts) on the physicochemical, microbiological characteristics, fatty acid composition and sensory attributes of the nitrite-free frankfurter-type sausages were assessed during 45 days of storage. The results revealed no significant differences on moisture, fat, protein, ash, salt and water activity (aw) among treatments. 1% Chitosan + Mixed Extract sausages displayed the lowest thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and total volatile nitrogen (TVN) values compared to Control after 45 days of refrigerated storage. Combinations of 0.2% ε-Polylysine or 1% Chitosan with Mixed Extract were effective to inhibit total viable count (TVC), yeasts and molds growth. 1% Chitosan preserved the luminosity of sausages during refrigerated storage. However, redness values of 1% Chitosan treatment was lower than those obtained from Control sausages and a significant increase was observed between days 30–45. Total amounts of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids (SFA, MUFA, and PUFA) of frankfurter-type sausages were not largely influenced by the combination of natural antioxidants and antimicrobial compounds. Combinations of 0.2% ε-Polylysine and 1% Chitosan with Mixed Extract were effective to improve the shelf life of nitrite-free frankfurter-type sausages. Therefore, these combinations could be considered as promising nitrite replacer in frankfurter-type sausages.
Kazem Alirezalu; Javad Hesari; Zabihollah Nemati; Paulo Eduardo Sichetti Munekata; Francisco J. Barba; Jose M. Lorenzo. Combined effect of natural antioxidants and antimicrobial compounds during refrigerated storage of nitrite-free frankfurter-type sausage. Food Research International 2018, 120, 839 -850.
AMA StyleKazem Alirezalu, Javad Hesari, Zabihollah Nemati, Paulo Eduardo Sichetti Munekata, Francisco J. Barba, Jose M. Lorenzo. Combined effect of natural antioxidants and antimicrobial compounds during refrigerated storage of nitrite-free frankfurter-type sausage. Food Research International. 2018; 120 ():839-850.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKazem Alirezalu; Javad Hesari; Zabihollah Nemati; Paulo Eduardo Sichetti Munekata; Francisco J. Barba; Jose M. Lorenzo. 2018. "Combined effect of natural antioxidants and antimicrobial compounds during refrigerated storage of nitrite-free frankfurter-type sausage." Food Research International 120, no. : 839-850.
This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different sources of zinc on performance, egg quality, and immune system and blood parameters of Japanese laying quails. Total of 160 layer quails were allocated in 4 treatments include: 1) Basic diet as control, 2) Basic diet + 50 mg zinc/kg of diet ...
Amir Karimi; Seyed Kazem Hosseini; Zabihollah Nemati; Mohammad Reza Sheikhlou; University of Tabriz. Effects of Different Zinc Sources on Productive Performance and Egg Quality, Blood Parameters and Immune Response in Japanese Layer Quail. Research on Animal Production 2018, 9, 27 -35.
AMA StyleAmir Karimi, Seyed Kazem Hosseini, Zabihollah Nemati, Mohammad Reza Sheikhlou, University of Tabriz. Effects of Different Zinc Sources on Productive Performance and Egg Quality, Blood Parameters and Immune Response in Japanese Layer Quail. Research on Animal Production. 2018; 9 (20):27-35.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmir Karimi; Seyed Kazem Hosseini; Zabihollah Nemati; Mohammad Reza Sheikhlou; University of Tabriz. 2018. "Effects of Different Zinc Sources on Productive Performance and Egg Quality, Blood Parameters and Immune Response in Japanese Layer Quail." Research on Animal Production 9, no. 20: 27-35.