Kayvan  Shirzadegan, Shahabodin  Gharahveysi, Mehrdad  Irani, Afshin  Heidariniya, 
    Evaluation of the Effects of Green Tea Powder on Carcass Traits and Blood Parameters of
Broilers,
    Research Journal of Poultry Sciences,
    Volume 8,Issue 1,
    2015,
    Pages 1-4,
    ISSN 1993-5285,
    rjpscience.2015.1.4,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjpscience.2015.1.4)
    Abstract: This experiment was conducted to evaluate the
effects of Iranian Green Tea (IGT) powder in diet onblood
parameters and carcass traits of broilers. We used four
treatments consisting (Basal diet+IGT 5 g kg<sup>&#150;1</sup> feed,
Basaldiet+IGT 10 g kg<sup>&#150;1</sup> feed, Basal diet+IGT 15 g kg<sup>&#150;1</sup>
feed and control) and three replicates (15 birds per pen).
Results of this study showed that effects of green tea on
cecum weight, LDL and Cholesterol were significant
(p<0.05). LDL and Cholesterol were high, that related to
control and 15 g green tea groups (p = 0.05), respectively.
Furthermore, the highest and the lowest weight mean of
cecum were related to 15 and 10 g kg<sup>&#150;1</sup> green tea groups
(p = 0.05), respectively. However, additives had no
significant effects on Glucose, Triglyceride (TG), HDL
and other carcass traits (p>0.05). Generally, this
experiment indicated that treatment with Iranian Green
Tea (IGT) powder don&#146;t have positive effects on the
broiler except to decrease of blood plasma LDL and
Cholesterol reducing the cardiovascular diseases.
    Keywords: Green tea;blood parameters;carcass traits;broilers;IGT