Fennel

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Other Names:

Inuju, Hinojo, Morac, Fenykl, Fenoll, Mieloi, Hui Xiang

Benefits

Antiseptic
Diuretic
Antioxidant
Anti-inflammatory
Analgesic
Antitumor
Antihelmintic
Antifungal
Antibacterial
Gastroprotective
Antiviral
Anticoccidial
Immunity
Hepatoprotective
Cardioprotective

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is an ancient medicinal plant and seasonal herb that belongs to the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family. Fennel originated from the southern Mediterranean region as an aromatic herb and through naturalization and cultivation it grows wild throughout the Northern, Eastern, and Western hemispheres, specifically in Asia, North America, and Europe. Fennel has been extensively used in traditional medicine for a wide range of ailments. It is cultivated in the Mediterranean region because of its flavor, and it is used in traditional medicine and as a spice. Specific applications studied in poultry include:

Heat stress: Fennel may be a useful feed supplement to provide laying hens during hot weather, to alleviate the adverse effects of heat stress pertaining to egg quality. A study conducted in 2015 on 120, 40-week-old White Leghorn laying hens showed that adding 10 to 20 g/kg of fennel to the birds' feed for 30 days was beneficial. In addition, the study showed that independent of heat stress, the hens' consumption of fennel significantly reduced the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in the egg yolk.
Anticoccidial: Studies show it may be of benefit against coccidiosis in chickens.

Poultry Specific Studies

Type	Plant Part	Dosage	Specific use	Results	Ref
Hens	meal	18% diet diet	egg properties	Most of egg quality parameters showed nonsignificant difference among treatments. However, shell weight, shell thickness and yolk color were higher in DBP containing diets. Yolk weight was significantly lower in T1 and T2 than other treatments. Therefore, DBP could be substituted up to 18% as alternative feedstuffs for laying hens DBP without detrimental effect on performance and egg quality traits.	M Shumye et al., 2022
Chickens	EO	200 mg/kg diet	gut health	reduced ileal E. coli and Lactobacillus spp. populations.	A Ghiasvand et al., 2021
Chickens	seed powder	3.2% diet	immunity, heat stress	May help with heat stress.	A Al-Sagan, Ahmed et al., 2020

References

A AL-Sagan, Ahmed, et al. "Effects of fennel seed powder supplementation on growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and economic efficiency of broilers under thermoneutral and chronic heat stress conditions" Animals 10.2 (2020)
Rather, Manzoor A., et al.. "Foeniculum vulgare: A comprehensive review of its traditional use, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and safety" Arabian Journal of Chemistry 9 (2016)
Antonio RL, Souza RM, Furlan MR, Pedro CR, Cassas F, Honda S, Rodrigues E.. "Investigation of urban ethnoveterinary in three veterinary clinics at east zone of São Paulo city, Brazil." J Ethnopharmacol. (2015)
Gharaghani H, Sharlatmadari P, Torshizi MA.. "Effect of Fennel (Foeniculum Vulgare Mill.) Used as a Feed Additive on The Egg Quality of Laying Hens Under Heat Stress" Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science (2015)
Yoon JK, Kim KC, Cho Y, Gwon YD, Cho HS, Heo Y, Park K, Lee YW, Kim M, Oh YK, Kim YB.. "Comparison of Repellency Effect of Mosquito Repellents for DEET, Citronella, and Fennel Oil." J Parasitol Res (2015)
Renna M, Cocozza C, Gonnella M, Abdelrahman H, Santamaria P.. "Elemental characterization of wild edible plants from countryside and urban areas." Food Chem. (2015)
Nardoni S, Giovanelli S, Pistelli L, Mugnaini L, Profili G, Pisseri F, Mancianti F.. "In Vitro Activity of Twenty Commercially Available, Plant-Derived Essential Oils against Selected Dermatophyte Species." Nat Prod Commun. (2015)
Olgun O, Yldz AÖ.. "Effect of dietary supplementation of essential oils mixture on performance, eggshell quality, hatchability, and mineral excretion in quail breeders." Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. (2014)
Badgujar SB, Patel VV, Bandivdekar AH.. "Foeniculum vulgare Mill: a review of its botany, phytochemistry, pharmacology, contemporary application, and toxicology." Biomed Res Int. (2014)
Çabuk M, Eratak S, Alçicek A, Bozkurt M.. "Effects of herbal essential oil mixture as a dietary supplement on egg production in quail." ScientificWorldJournal. (2014)
Drgan L, Györke A, Ferreira JF, Pop IA, Dunca I, Drgan M, Mircean V, Dan I, Cozma V.. "Effects of Artemisia annua and Foeniculum vulgare on chickens highly infected with Eimeria tenella (phylum Apicomplexa)." Acta Vet Scand. 2 (2014)
Kalantar, M., & Dakhili, M. "Effects of fenugreek and fennel seeds on growth performance and reducing the population of gut micro flora in broiler chicks" Pajouhesh And Sazandegi. (2010)
Mohammed, A. A., & Abbas, R. J.. "The effect of using fennel seeds (Foeniculum vulgare L.) on productive performance of broiler chickens" Inter J Poult Sci (2009)

Fennel

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

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Benefits

Poultry Specific Studies

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