Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Red Algae Powder (Chondrus crispus) on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, Lymphoid Organ Weights and Intestinal pH in Broilers

The research was conducted to study the effect of feeding broiler chickens on diets containing isomaltooligosaccharides on the growth performance, carcass traits and immune response. 90-one day old broiler chicks were used according to completely randomized two treatment groups and one control, 30 birds each. Birds fed ad-libitum on basal starter and grower-finisher diets for 35 day. Diets of treatment`s groups contained 0.5 g/Kg and 1 g/Kg of Isomaltooligosaccharides, while the control group fed on the basal diets without Isomaltooligosaccharides supplementation. Dietary supplementation of broiler chickens with Isomaltooligosaccharides improved body weight, feed conversion, carcass traits, two lymphoid organs weight and log antibody titer against avian flu vaccine. Most of the highest values were for birds fed low levels of Isomaltooligosaccharides. Feed intake decreases as Isomaltooligosaccharides level increases. Dietary supplementation with Isomaltooligosaccharides did not affect the lipids profile (triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL and HDL), however the blood VLDL levels decreased with increased levels of Malondialdehyde and Glutathione reductase. Collectively, Dietary supplementation of broiler chickens with 0.5 g/Kg diet of Isomaltooligosaccharides improved growth performance, carcass traits and immune status.

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Impact of dietary supplementation with a synbiotic, organic acids or their combination on growth performance, carcass traits, economic efficiency, jejunum histomorphometry and some blood indices of broiler chickens

Animal Production Science ◽

10.1071/an18156 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 (7) ◽

pp. 1318 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ayman S. Salah ◽

Mahmoud S. El-Tarabany ◽

Mohamed A. Ali

Keyword(s):

Organic Acids ◽

Growth Performance ◽

Carcass Traits ◽

Dietary Supplementation ◽

Control Group ◽

Cost Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Fat Percentage ◽

Blood Indices ◽

Blood Constituents

The objective was to explore the possible impacts of dietary supplementation with a synbiotic, organic acids or their combination on the growing efficiency, carcass traits and some blood constituents in broilers. In total, 160 1-day-old male broilers (Ross 308) were randomly assigned into four equal groups (40 birds with 8 replicates). The control group received the basal diet with no supplements, while diets of the treated groups were supplemented with organic acids (OA; 1 g/kg), a synbiotic (S; 1 g/kg) and an equal mix of OA and the synbiotic (OS; 2 g/kg). The dietary supplementation with OA decreased the feed intake (P = 0.011) and bodyweight gain (P = 0.011) when compared with other experimental groups. However, the dietary supplementation with the synbiotic plus OA resulted in a considerable improvement in the overall feed conversion rate when compared with the control and OA-supplemented groups (P = 0.001). Groups fed the diets supplemented with the synbiotic or the synbiotic plus OA showed significantly higher net profits and the profit to cost ratio than did the CON and OA-supplemented groups (P = 0.010 and 0.005 respectively). Birds in the S and OS groups had a significantly higher jejunum villus height (P = 0.001), and carcass (P = 0.012) and breast meat (P = 0.001) yields than did those in the control and OA groups. However, the synbiotic-supplemented group produced significantly lower abdominal fat percentage (P = 0.021). The dietary supplementation with the synbiotic or the synbiotic plus OA decreased the lymphocyte counts (P = 0.003) and the serum reduced glutathione concentration (P = 0.001), but significantly decreased the heterophil to lymphocyte ratio (P = 0.001), and the serum cholesterol (P = 0.014) and oxidised glutathione (P = 0.002) concentrations compared with the control and OA-supplemented groups. The present findings showed that dietary supplementation with a synbiotic or a synbiotic plus OA can improve the growth performance, carcass traits, serum antioxidant activity and blood-related indices in broilers.

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14. Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Garlic (Allium Sativum) and Turmeric (Curcuma Longa) on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, Blood Profile and Oxidative Status in Growing Rabbits

Annals of Animal Science ◽

10.1515/aoas-2015-0079 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 489-505 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Mahmoud Alagawany ◽

Elwy Ali Ashour ◽

Fayez Mohamed Reda

Keyword(s):

Growth Performance ◽

Control Diet ◽

Carcass Traits ◽

Dietary Supplementation ◽

Basal Diet ◽

Rabbit Serum ◽

Control Group ◽

Antioxidant Enzyme Activities ◽

Growth Promoter ◽

Blood Profile

Abstract This study was performed to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with garlic and turmeric powder as growth promoter agents on performance, carcass traits, serum biochemistry, and antioxidant enzyme activities of growing rabbits. A total of 112 New Zealand White rabbits (NZW) at 5 weeks of age were randomly assigned to seven treatments with four replicates. The dietary treatments consisted of 7 groups as follows; the basal diet as control, phytogenic additives groups were supplemented with 2, 4, and 6 g/kg garlic or turmeric powder added to the basal diet. There were no linear and quadratic differences (P<0.05) in growth performance after garlic or turmeric supplementation at all studied ages. Compared with the control group, supplementation of diets with garlic or turmeric linearly and quadratically elevated immunity biomarkers such as total protein (TP), albumin (AL) and immunoglobulin (IgG) levels and decreased (linearly and quadratically, P<0.05) aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT ), triglyceride (TG) and total cholesterol (TC) levels in rabbit serum. However, TP, AL, globulin (GL), IgG and IgM levels were linearly and quadratically enhanced with increasing turmeric levels versus the control diet. Hepatic superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT ) and glutathione peroxidase GSH-Px activities as well as reduced glutathione (GSH) concentrations were linearly and quadratically (P<0.05) improved in garlic or turmeric additives fed groups. While MDA concentration was statistically (linearly, P= 0.022) reduced in comparison with the control group. It could be concluded that garlic or turmeric supplementation (2, 4 and 6 g/kg) did not linearly and quadratically affect growth performance but improved the immunity responses and lowered the lipid profile in blood and lipid peroxidation in liver and increased hepatic antioxidant activity in treated rabbits.

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Comparative Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Synthetic Choline and Herbal Choline on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits and Some Serum Biochemical Alterations in Broiler Chicken

Journal of Animal Science Advances ◽

10.5455/jasa.20151118110417 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (11) ◽

pp. 1501

Author(s):

Abeer A

Keyword(s):

Growth Performance ◽

Broiler Chicken ◽

Carcass Traits ◽

Dietary Supplementation ◽

Comparative Effect ◽

Biochemical Alterations ◽

Serum Biochemical

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Effect of replacing soybean protein with protein from ensiled stylo (Stylosanthes guianensis (Aubl.) Sw. var. guianensis) on growth performance, carcass traits and organ weights of exotic (Landrace × Yorkshire) and native (Moo Lath) Lao pigs

Tropical Animal Health and Production ◽

10.1007/s11250-012-0299-6 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 865-871 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Lampheuy Kaensombath ◽

Maria Neil ◽

Jan Erik Lindberg

Keyword(s):

Growth Performance ◽

Soybean Protein ◽

Carcass Traits ◽

Organ Weights ◽

Stylosanthes Guianensis

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Nutritive value of three tropical forage legumes and their influence on growth performance, carcass traits and organ weights of pigs

Tropical Animal Health and Production ◽

10.1007/s11250-016-1070-1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 48 (6) ◽

pp. 1165-1173

Author(s):

Bienvenu Kambashi ◽

Gaetan Kalala ◽

Denis Dochain ◽

Jacques Mafwila ◽

Xavier Rollin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Growth Performance ◽

Nutritive Value ◽

Carcass Traits ◽

Forage Legumes ◽

Organ Weights ◽

Tropical Forage

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Impact of Dietary Supplementation with Ginseng or/and Garlic on Growth Performance, Blood Biochemical Parameters and Carcass Traits of Growing Male V-Line Rabbits

Journal of Animal and Poultry Production ◽

10.21608/jappmu.2019.67864 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 345-350

Author(s):

Aya Abdel-Rahman ◽

A. El Desoky ◽

W. Khalil ◽

A. Mehrez

Keyword(s):

Growth Performance ◽

Biochemical Parameters ◽

Carcass Traits ◽

Dietary Supplementation ◽

Blood Biochemical Parameters ◽

Blood Biochemical

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Influence of free-range days on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, lymphoid organ indices, and blood biochemistry of Wannan Yellow chickens

Poultry Science ◽

10.3382/ps/pez504 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 98 (12) ◽

pp. 6602-6610 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sihua Jin ◽

Lei Yang ◽

He Zang ◽

Yuan Xu ◽

Xianzen Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Growth Performance ◽

Meat Quality ◽

Carcass Traits ◽

Lymphoid Organ ◽

Blood Biochemistry ◽

Free Range

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Use of Chemical Nano-Selenium as an Antibacterial and Antifungal Agent in Quail Diets and Its Effect on Growth, Carcasses, Antioxidant, Immunity and Caecal Microbes

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11113027 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 3027

Author(s):

Mahmoud Alagawany ◽

Shaza Y. A. Qattan ◽

Youssef A. Attia ◽

Mohamed T. El-Saadony ◽

Shaaban S. Elnesr ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Lipid Profile ◽

Growth Performance ◽

Carcass Traits ◽

Dietary Supplementation ◽

Control Group ◽

Total Bacterial Count ◽

Japanese Quails ◽

Intestinal Pathogens ◽

The Impact

Nano-minerals are used to enhance mineral bioavailability, which helps improve animal growth and health. The use of chemical nano-selenium (Che-SeNPs) has lately attracted great scientific interest, mainly due to its potential benefits for poultry. The current study was conducted to investigate the impact of the dietary supplementation of Che-SeNPs on the growth performance, carcass traits, blood constituents, antioxidant status, immunity, and gut microbiota of Japanese quails. A total of one week-old 180 Japanese quails were randomly distributed into four equal groups, and each group consisted of 45 unsexed birds with five replications (nine birds each). The first group was fed a basal diet without supplementation (0 g/kg Che-SeNPs), and the second, third, and fourth groups were fed diets containing 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 g/kg Che-SeNPs, respectively. The results showed that the dietary supplementation of Che-SeNPs significantly (p < 0.0001) increased body weight, body weight gain, and feed conversion ratio, but decreased feed intake (p < 0.0001) compared to the control group. The highest values of growth performance were recorded in the group fed 0.4 g Che-SeNPs g/kg feed. Che-SeNPs levels did not affect the carcass traits, relative organs (except liver), or blood hematology (except platelet count and hemoglobin level) of quails. Plasma total protein, albumin, aspartate amino transferase (AST), and urea values were not affected by dietary Che-SeNPs, but alanine aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase values declined. Globulin and creatinine values were linearly increased with the inclusion of Che-SeNPs (0.4 and 0.6 g/kg) in quail diets compared to the control. The supplementation of Che-SeNPs in quail diets significantly improved (p < 0.05) the plasma lipid profile and activities of antioxidant enzymes compared to the control group. Immunoglobulin G values of Che-SeNPs (0.4 and 0.6 g/kg) were higher (p < 0.05) than those in the control group. The groups fed diets supplemented with Che-SeNPs showed lower (p < 0.0001) total bacterial count, total yeast and molds count, Coliform, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus spp., and Salmonella spp. colonization, and higher (p = 0.0003 and 0.0048) lactic acid bacteria counts than those in the control group. In conclusion, Che-SeNPs supplemented up to 0.4 g/kg can improve the performance, lipid profile, antioxidant indices, and immunity, as well as decrease intestinal pathogens in quails during the fattening period (1–5 weeks of age).

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