Ameliorative role of Pudina (Mentha arvensis) leaf powder against oxidative stress on laying hens

Abstract

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Pudina (Mentha arvensis) leaf powder on antioxidant parameters in the diet of laying hens. A total of one hundred twenty White Leghorn laying hens of 36 weeks of age were randomly assigned into four treatment groups (T1, T2, T3 and T4) with six replicates of five birds each. The birds were fed with different levels of pudina leaf powder at 0, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0 g / kg layer feedupto 12th weeks of age. At the end of fourth week or 28th day of experimentation, about 2 ml of blood was collected randomly from two birds of each replicate to determine antioxidant parameters. The results revealed that there was a significant (P