PMID- 19230413
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20091109
LR  - 20090223
IS  - 1001-4454 (Print)
IS  - 1001-4454 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 10
DP  - 2008 Oct
TI  - [Effects of Semen Ziziphi Spinosae extracts on body temperature and weight gain 
      of chickens in hot environment].
PG  - 1548-9
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To validate the decreasing body temperature effect of Semen Ziziphi 
      Spinosae extracts (SZSE) on chickens in hot environment and study its functions 
      of sunstroke and hot-stress prevention. METHODS: Ninety 1-day-old San-huang 
      chickens were randomly divided into air-conditioning group, hot-treatment 
      group,and SZSE group. The feed for SZSE group was added SZSE as 1 g/kg. The recta 
      temperatures were recorded when chickens were 1, 14, 35 and 42 days old, and 
      chickens were weighed when they were 35 and 56 days old. RESULTS: The body 
      temperatures of SZSE group were remarkably lower than the hot-treatment group at 
      14th, 35th, 42th day (P<0.05), but the average daily weight gain was higher at 
      35th and 56th day. CONCLUSION: SZSE can decrease body temperature and increase 
      weight gain of chickens in hot environment.
FAU - Wu, Xiao-Lin
AU  - Wu XL
AD  - The Third Affiliated Hospital of Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
FAU - Dai, Min
AU  - Dai M
FAU - Chen, Wen-Si
AU  - Chen WS
FAU - He, Zi-Shuang
AU  - He ZS
FAU - Wei, Wen-Kang
AU  - Wei WK
FAU - Yang, Hong-Zhi
AU  - Yang HZ
LA  - chi
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - China
TA  - Zhong Yao Cai
JT  - Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials
JID - 9426370
RN  - 0 (Hypnotics and Sedatives)
RN  - 0 (Plant Extracts)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animal Feed
MH  - Animals
MH  - Body Temperature/*drug effects
MH  - *Chickens
MH  - *Hot Temperature
MH  - Hypnotics and Sedatives/pharmacology
MH  - Plant Extracts/administration & dosage/*pharmacology
MH  - Random Allocation
MH  - Rectum
MH  - Seeds/chemistry
MH  - Weight Gain/*drug effects
MH  - *Ziziphus/chemistry
EDAT- 2009/02/24 09:00
MHDA- 2009/11/10 06:00
CRDT- 2009/02/24 09:00
PHST- 2009/02/24 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/02/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/11/10 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhong Yao Cai. 2008 Oct;31(10):1548-9.