OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the effects of extruded flaxseed with and without herbs mixture on egg performance, yolk fatty acids (FAs), lipid components, blood biochemistry, serological enzymes, antioxidants, and immune system of Hy-Line W-36 hens for nine weeks. METHODS: Two hundred forty laying hens were randomly distributed to eight treatments, resulting in six replicates with five hens. Graded levels of dietary extruded flaxseed (0, 90, 180, and 270 g/kg) with and without herbs mixture (24 g/kg: garlic, ginger, green tea, and turmeric 6 g/kg each) were designed as treatments. RESULTS: The two-way analysis of variance indicated that hens fed herbs mixture had a higher value of egg production, yolk high-density lipoprotein (HDL), superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and white blood cell and lower contents of yolk cholesterol, glucose, and blood low-density lipoprotein than those fed diets without herb mixtures (p<0.05). The Flx27 (270 g/kg flaxseed) (153.5 g/kg n-3 FAs) and Flx27+H (270 g/kg flaxseed plus 24 g/kg herbs mixture) (150.5 g/kg n-3 FAs) groups were the most promising treatments in terms of yolk n-3 FAs content. In-teraction effect (herbs- flaxseed) for blood cholesterol, HDL, malondialdehyde, glutaredoxin, alanine transaminase, (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), haemoglobin and immune parameters was significant (p<0.05). The results showed layers fed herbs mixture (Flx9+H, Flx18+H, and Flx27+H) had a better value of total antibody, immunoglobulin M, immunoglobulin G, ALT, AST, and blood HDL as compared with representative flaxseed levels without herbs. CONCLUSION: High inclusion levels of extruded flaxseed (270 g/kg) without herbs to enrich eggs with n-3 appears to impair the antioxidant system, immunohematological parameters, and sero-logical enzymes. Interestingly, the herbs mixture supplementation corrected those effects. Therefore, feeding layers with flaxseed-rich diets (270 g/kg) and herbs mixture can be a promising strategy to enrich eggs with n-3 FAs.

Biological Science Department Faculty of Science King Abdulaziz University Jeddah 21589 Saudi Arabia

CSIRO Agriculture and Food Livestock and Aquaculture Program Bribie Island Research Centre Bribie Island Queensland 4507 Australia

Department of Land Environment Agriculture and Forestry University of Padua Padua Italy

Department of Microbiology Pathobiology and Basic Sciences Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Razi University Kermanshah 6714967346 Iran

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania 7053 Australia

Medical Laboratory King Abdulaziz University Hospital King Abdulaziz University Jeddah 21589 Saudi Arabia

Protein Research Department Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications New Borg EL Arab Alexan dria 21934 Egypt

South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses Institute of Aquaculture and Protection of Waters Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters University of South Bohemia České Budějovice 38925 Czech Republic

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