Dietary Thymol-Carvacrol Cocrystal Supplementation Improves Growth Performance, Antioxidant Status, and Intestinal Health in Broiler Chickens.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the impacts of dietary thymol-carvacrol cocrystal (CEO) supplementation on broiler production performance, antioxidant status, intestinal health, and cecal microbiota. Eight hundred one-day-old chicks were randomly divided into four groups, receiving basal diets supplemented with 0, 40, 60, or 80 mg/kg CEO. The results showed that CEO addition increased average daily gain, superoxide dismutase activity in the serum, liver, and jejunum, jejunal villus height/crypt depth ratio, cecal butyric acid concentration, and Lactobacillus abundance, while reducing serum alanine transaminase activity and malondialdehyde content in the serum, liver, and jejunum. Furthermore, 60 mg/kg CEO enhanced the final body weight, dressing percentage, serum total protein and glucose levels,

SUBMITTER: Yang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12649561 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature