The Effect of Using Purslane pills Portulaca oleracea and Its Alcoholic Extract on Broiler Breeders’ Biochemical Characteristics of Seminal Plasma, Antioxidants, and Stress Enzymes

Abstract

Abstract This study was conducted at the College of Agriculture/University of Diyala in the Department of Animal Production fields to determine the effect of Purslane powder and its alcoholic extract on the semen characteristics of male Ross 308 broiler broilers. Thirty-two 54-week-old roosters were randomly divided into eight treatments, four roosters for each treatment. The roosters of the first treatment (negative control group) were fed a standard ration without any addition, the second treatment (positive control group) added 0.250 gm vitamin E/kg feed, the third treatment added 5 gm Purslane grain powder/kg feed, the fourth treatment added 7.5 gm Purslane pill powder/kg feed, the fifth treatment, adding 10 g of Purslane grain powder/kg of feed, the sixth treatment, adding 5 ml of Purslane grain alcoholic extract/liter of drinking water, the seventh treatment, adding 7.5 ml of berberine grains alcoholic extract/liter of drinking water, the eighth treatment, adding 10 ml of Purslane grains alcoholic extract/ A liter of drinking water. The results showed that adding Purslane grain powder and its alcoholic extract to roosters’ rations or drinking water led to a significant decrease of 0.05 p in the concentration of total protein and cholesterol in all treatments of the study compared to the control treatments and a significant increase of 0.05 p in the concentration of glucose in all treatments of the study compared to the control treatments. During the 10-week study period. The results indicated a significant improvement of ≥0.05 p in the case of antioxidants, represented by a significant increase of ≥0.05 p in the concentration of the glutathione enzyme in all study treatments compared to the control treatments and a significant decrease of ≥0.05 p in the concentration of malondialdehyde in all study treatments compared to the control treatments during the study period 10 weeks. The results also indicated a significant decrease of p≥0.05 in the concentration of stress enzymes ALT and AST for all treatments compared to control treatments.