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Sweet basil oil (SBO) contains a diverse range of bioactive constituents; however, its intestinal-targeted delivery remains limited. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effects of sweet basil oil nanoparticles (SBO-NP) on egg production and egg quality, intestinal morphology, antioxidant capacity and cecal microbiota in laying hens.Methods: A total of 225 Lohmann Brown laying hens at 25 wk of age were randomly assigned to three treatments with five replicates of 15 birds in a completely randomized design. Dietary treatments were as follows: (i) basal diet (Con), (ii) basal diet with free SBO at 500 ppm, (iii) basal diet with SBO NPs at 500 ppm (SBO-NP), respectively. The experiment was conducted for 10 wk, during which egg production and quality, antioxidant capacity, intestinal morphology, and cecal microbiota were assessed.Results: Dietary SBO-NP increased egg production than SBO and Con diets (p&lt;0.01). However, all additives had no effect on feed conversion ratio and egg quality. The SBO-NP markedly improved villus height and villus surface area (p&lt;0.05). Furthermore, superoxide dismutase activity in duodenum and liver increased by SBO-NP. Malondialdehyde levels were reduced by 52%\u201353% in the SBO-NP group compared to the Con group (p&lt;0.05). In contrast, the cecal microbiota remained broadly similar among treatments at the phylum and genus levels with no significant differences in the alpha and beta diversity.Conclusion: The results demonstrated that the SBO-NPs enhanced egg production by improving intestinal morphology, increasing antioxidant capacity, and reducing lipid peroxidation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5713\/ab.260348","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,1]],"date-time":"2026-09-01T09:26:39Z","timestamp":1788254799000},"page":"260348","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5713\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Sweet basil oil nanoparticles as novel feed additives: impacts on productivity, intestinal morphology, antioxidant capacity, and microbiota in laying hens"],"prefix":"10.5713","volume":"39","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-4796-9875","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Suphasuta","family":"Tada","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7779-3593","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Sureerat","family":"thuekeaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3683","container-title":["Animal Bioscience"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/animbiosci.org\/upload\/pdf\/ab-260348.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/animbiosci.org\/journal\/view.php?doi=10.5713\/ab.260348","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/animbiosci.org\/upload\/pdf\/ab-260348.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,22]],"date-time":"2026-10-22T00:47:16Z","timestamp":1792630036000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/animbiosci.org\/journal\/view.php?doi=10.5713\/ab.260348"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"11","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,11]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5713\/ab.260348","relation":{},"ISSN":["2765-0189","2765-0235"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2765-0189","type":"print"},{"value":"2765-0235","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2026-04-24","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-08-10","order":1,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-09-01","order":2,"name":"published","label":"Published online","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-11-01","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Print publication","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}