1Department of Animal Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075131, China.
2College of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, Hebei, P R China.
Department of Animal Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075131, China.
*Corresponding author's e-mail: shiwanyuanimal@126.com
#These authors contributed equally to this work.
A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of traditional Chinese herbal medicines (TCHM) on egg production, egg quality and antioxidant enzyme activities in chickens, astragalus membranaceus (AM), angelicae sinensis extract (ASE) and danggui buxue san (DBS) were used for the study. 300 hens of 56 weeks of age were randomized into 10 groups. AM, ASE and DBS were added into the diets of the animals at the dosage of 5mg/Kg, 10 mg/Kg and 15 mg/Kg respectively from group Ito group IX. The hens of group X, as of control, were fed with the diet without TCHM. The added TCHM Period was 15 days. The results showed that DBS had the ability on improving egg production, egg quality and antioxidant enzyme activities in chickens. At the same time, DBS was added into the diets of the animals at the dosage of 10mg/Kg was recommended for application.
Angelicae sinensis extract, Antioxidant enzyme, Astragalus membranaceus, Chickens, Egg production, Egg quality
