scholarly journals Dietary Curcumin Improves Energy Metabolism, Brain Monoamines, Carcass Traits, Muscle Oxidative Stability and Fatty Acid Profile in Heat-Stressed Broiler Chickens

Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1265
Author(s):  
Ayman S. Salah ◽  
Omar A. Ahmed-Farid ◽  
Mohamed Abdo Nassan ◽  
Mahmoud S. El-Tarabany
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
Oxidative Stability ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Brain Serotonin ◽  
Brain Monoamines ◽  
Thigh Muscles ◽  
Liver Tissues

The aim of the present study was to elucidate the impacts of dietary curcumin supplementation on energy metabolism, brain monoamines and muscle oxidative stability in heat-stressed broilers. In total, 120 day-old chicks were allocated into three equal groups of four replicates. The first group (T1) was maintained on a thermoneutral condition, while the second group (T2) was subjected to 8 h of thermal stress (34 °C), and both groups fed the basal diet with no supplement. The third group (T3) was exposed to the same thermal stress conditions and fed the basal diet supplemented with curcumin (100 mg kg−1 diet). The dietary curcumin supplementation significantly increased the breast yield (p = 0.004), but reduced the percentage of abdominal fat (p = 0.017) compared with the T2 group. The addition of curcumin to broiler diets significantly improved the levels of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in breast and thigh muscles compared with the T2 group (p < 0.05). The curcumin-supplemented group showed significantly lower levels of malondialdehyde in the breast and thigh muscles than that of the T2 group (p = 0.001 and 0.015, respectively). The dietary curcumin supplementation significantly improved the levels of ATP and CoQ10 in liver tissues (p = 0.012 and 0.001, respectively) and brain serotonin (p = 0.006) as compared to the T2 group. Meanwhile, the heat-stressed group showed significantly higher levels of ADP and Na,K-ATPase in the liver tissues than that of the other experimental groups (p = 0.011 and 0.027, respectively). It could be concluded that dietary curcumin supplementation may improve carcass yield, energy biomarkers, brain serotonin and muscle oxidative stability of heat-stressed broiler chickens.

scholarly journals Effects of Chronic Thermal Stress on Performance, Energy Metabolism, Antioxidant Activity, Brain Serotonin, and Blood Biochemical Indices of Broiler Chickens

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2554
Author(s):  
Omar Ahmed-Farid ◽  
Ayman S. Salah ◽  
Mohamed Abdo Nassan ◽  
Mahmoud S. El-Tarabany
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
Blood Parameters ◽  
Brain Serotonin ◽  
Blood Biochemical ◽  
Biochemical Indices ◽  
Blood Biochemical Indices ◽  
Liver Tissues

The aim of this paper was to investigate the effects of chronic thermal stress on the performance, energy metabolism, liver CoQ10, brain serotonin, and blood parameters of broiler chickens. In total, 100 one-day-old chicks were divided into two equal groups of five replicates. At 22 days of age and thereafter, the first group (TN) was maintained at a thermoneutral condition (23 ± 1 °C), while the second group (TS) was subjected to 8 h of thermal stress (34 °C). The heat-stressed group showed significantly lower ADFI but higher FCR than the thermoneutral group (p = 0.030 and 0.041, respectively). The TS group showed significantly higher serum cholesterol, ALT, and AST (p = 0.033, 0.024, and 0.010, respectively). Meanwhile, the TS group showed lower serum total proteins, albumin, globulin, and Na+ than the TN group (p = 0.001, 0.025, 0.032, and 0.002, respectively). Furthermore, the TS group showed significantly lower SOD and catalase in heart tissues (p = 0.005 and 0.001, respectively). The TS group showed significantly lower liver ATP than the TN group (p = 0.005). Meanwhile, chronic thermal stress significantly increased the levels of ADP and AMP in the liver tissues of broiler chickens (p = 0.004 and 0.029, respectively). The TS group showed significantly lower brain serotonin (p = 0.004) and liver CoQ10 (p = 0.001) than the TN group. It could be concluded that thermal stress disturbed the antioxidant defense system and energy metabolism and exhausted ATP levels in the liver tissues of broiler chickens. Interestingly, chronic thermal stress reduced the level of brain serotonin and the activity of CoQ10 in liver tissues.

scholarly journals Variation in fatty acids in chicken meat as a result of a lupin-containing diet

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Straková ◽  
P. Suchý ◽  
I. Herzig ◽  
P. Hudečková ◽  
Š. Ivanko
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Linolenic Acid ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Saturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Chicken Meat ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Alpha Linolenic Acid ◽  
Thigh Muscles ◽  
Chicken Muscles

This study was designed to verify the effect of diets containing lupin meal on the composition of fat in meat from fattened broiler chickens. It follows from the results that an increasing level of lupin meal (E1 and E2) resulted in a gradual decrease in the average level of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) in fat in breast and thigh muscles from experimental chickens as compared to the control group. This decrease was characterized by a significant (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.05) to highly significant (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.01) reduction in the level of palmitic acid, which is the most common fatty acid. Diets containing lupin meal showed an increase in monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs). Particularly oleic acid contributed significantly to an overall increase in MUFAs (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.01). Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from the n-6 group showed only a slight decrease in fat in meat from chickens in the experimental group. Linoleic acid as the most common PUFA found in the fat from chicken muscles showed a significantly lower level in breast muscles in the E2 group (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.05) as compared to the control and the E1 group. A similar trend was also observed for &gamma;-linolenic acid in fat from breast muscles. The level of arachidonic acid in fat from muscles in experimental groups also decreased. The levels of PUFAs n-3 in fat from chicken muscles were found to increase in experimental groups. Of all PUFAs n-3 examined in fat from breast and thigh muscles, &alpha;-linolenic acid was found at the highest levels. Its levels in fat from muscles varied with an increasing amount of lupin meal in a diet. However, a highly significant increase (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.01) was confirmed only in thigh muscles. A rise in PUFAs n-3 which is associated with the dietary supplementation of lupin meal is particularly beneficial as it affected the &Sigma; PUFAs n-3:&Sigma; PUFAs n-6 ratio, thereby enhancing the nutritional value of chicken meat with regard to human nutrition.

scholarly journals Fatty Acid and Energy Metabolism in Broiler Chickens Fed Diets Containing Different Amounts of Saturated and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 2900-2904 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wongsuthav ◽  
C. Yuangklang ◽  
K. Vasupena ◽  
J. Mitchaotha ◽  
A. Alhaidary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Broiler Chickens

scholarly journals Effect of probiotics and Yucca schidigera extract supplementation on broiler meat quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. e48066
Author(s):  
Karima Benamirouche ◽  
Djamila Baazize-Ammi ◽  
Nadia Hezil ◽  
Reda Djezzar ◽  
Abdellatif Niar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Saturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Broiler Meat ◽  
Yucca Schidigera ◽  
Thigh Muscles ◽  
Experimental Group

The current study investigated the effect of dietary supplementation with probiotics and Yucca schidigera extract on physicochemical parameters, proximate composition, mineral content and fatty acid profile of broiler breast and thigh muscles. In total, 240 one-day old broilers were randomly allocated into two dietary treatments groups: 1) Control (basal diet), 2) experimental (basal diet with two probiotics Pediococcus acidilactici and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yucca schidigera extract). The results showed that the pH value was higher in the experimental group than in the control group (p < 0.05). However, drip, cook and thaw losses were not influenced by dietary treatment (p > 0.05). A significant increase in protein, Fe, Zn, Na, P and a significant decrease in lipid, Cu and Cr contents was exhibited in experimental group relative to control group (p < 0.05). The proportion of stearic acid and saturated fatty acids was significantly (p < 0.05) reduced, whereas linoleic acid and polyunsaturated fatty acids contents were significantly (p < 0.05) increased in breast and thigh muscles of fed the experimental diet. We concluded that additive supplementation of the diet with probiotics and Yucca schidigera extract could improve meat quality.

scholarly journals Effect of Vegetable Oil Fortified Feeds on the Content of Fatty Acids in Breast and Thigh Muscles in Broiler Chickens

2010 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. S21-S28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tereza Krejčí-Treu ◽  
Eva Straková ◽  
Pavel Suchý ◽  
Ivan Herzig
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Soybean Oil ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Linolenic Acid ◽  
Vegetable Oils ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Flaxseed Oil ◽  
Thigh Muscles

The main objective of this work was to compare the effect of six vegetable oils added to feeding mixtures that were administered to broiler chickens on the content of major fatty acids in chicken meat. The experiment started with 90 one-day-old Ross 308 meat hybrid male chickens that were divided into six groups. Chickens were fed complete feeding mixtures for the prefattening (BR1), fattening (BR2), and post-fattening (BR3) of broiler chickens. The BR1 feeding mixture was administered to chickens aged 1-10 days, the BR2 feeding mixture was given from Day 11 to Day 30, and the BR3 feeding mixture was then administered until Day 42. The BR1 feeding mixture that was administered to all six groups during the first ten days of the experiment was supplemented with soybean oil. BR2 and BR3 feeding mixtures used to feed chickens aged 11-42 days were fortified with soybean oil (SO Group), rapeseed oil (RO Group), sunflower oil (SFO Group), flaxseed oil (FO Group), olive oil (OO Group), and evening primrose oil (EPO Group). The vegetable oils used differed by the composition of fatty acids, particularly by the content of oleic acid, linoleic acid, α-linolenic acid. The use of the above-described experimental diets in young broilers from Day 11 to 42 had a significant effect on the content of fatty acids in the fat from breast and thigh muscles. The content of α-linolenic acid in breast and thigh muscles of broilers that received the feed containing flaxseed oil (21.16 g/100 g of oil and 17.13 g/100 g of oil, respectively) significantly increased (p ⪬ 0.01). The highest content of linoleic acid (p ⪬ 0.01) in breast and thigh muscles was found in chickens that were fed the feed containing primrose oil (59.13 g/100 g and 51.71 g/100 g). A significant increase (p ⪬ 0.01) in the level of oleic acid was detected in both breast and thigh muscles of broilers that received olive oil fortified feed (52.44 g/100 g and 43.70 g/100 g of oil). No significant variation was found in the content of palmitic acid and palmitooleic acid. The levels of oleic acid, linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid in feeding mixtures correlated with those found in breast and thigh muscles (r = 0.88; 0.94 and 0.99; r = 0.99; 0.98 and 0.99).

scholarly journals Effect of adding prefermented cereal product containing gamma-linolenic acid to broiler feed on production indicators and fatty acid profile of chicken breast

2014 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Bača ◽  
Slavomír Marcinčák ◽  
Milan Čertík ◽  
Peter Popelka ◽  
Dana Marcinčáková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Oxidative Stability ◽  
Linolenic Acid ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Gamma Linolenic Acid ◽  
Experimental Diet ◽  
Final Body Weight ◽  
Total N ◽  
Cereal Product ◽  
Experimental Group

Administration of Thamnidium elegans for effective utilization of agroindustrial materials (wheat bran) creates new perspectives for animal cereal diet enriched with fungal γ-linolenic acid (GLA). The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of adding prefermented cereal product containing a high amount of gamma-linolenic acid into the feed on broiler chickens’ performance, fatty acids profile and oxidative stability in chilled breast meat. Seventy eight COBB 500 one-day old broiler chicks were randomly divided into 2 treatment groups with three replications and fattened for 42 days. During the first 21 days, all broilers consumed the starter diet. After three weeks, broilers were fed the grower diet; controls were fed without the addition of prefermented cereal product; and the experimental group was supplemented with 3% of prefermented product. Higher final body weight (2 688 vs. 2 604 g) and feed conversion ratio were recorded in the experimental group (P > 0.05). The increased GLA content in the experimental diet (0.095 g·kg-1) resulted in a significant increase of GLA, dihomo-GLA and arachidonic acid in the lipids of breast muscle tissue (P < 0.05). Adding prefermented product to the feed also resulted in an increase in total n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), mainly eicosapentaenoic and docosapentaenoic acid in lipids of breast (P < 0.05). The experimental diet produced a significant decrease in the n-6/n-3 ratio (from 10.00 to 8.14). Storage of breast muscles with a higher PUFA in chilling conditions led to a decrease in oxidative stability when the values of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) increased (P < 0.05). This is a first study using prefermented cereal product for the fattening of broiler chickens.

scholarly journals Dietary inulin supplementation modulates the composition and activities of carbohydrate-metabolizing organisms in the cecal microbiota of broiler chickens

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258663
Author(s):  
Yun Xia ◽  
Jiarong Miao ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Hongbo Zhang ◽  
Lingdong Kong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Glycoside Hydrolase ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Optimal Dosage ◽  
Growth Promoters ◽  
Antibiotic Growth Promoters ◽  
Cecal Microbiota

Inulin is a highly effective prebiotic and an attractive alternative to antibiotic growth promoters for increasing production and maintaining health in chickens. However, how inulin elicits its effects on members of the intestinal microbiota is unknown, even though their importance for energy metabolism and the health of chickens is well documented. A combination of 16S rRNA Illumina sequencing and transcriptomic analysis was used to investigate the effects of supplementing a corn-based basal diet with 1, 2, or 4% inulin or 400 ppm bacitracin on the composition, diversity and activities of carbohydrate-metabolizing organisms (CMOs) in the cecal microbiota of broiler chickens. We found that members of Bacteroides were the most abundant non-starch degrading CMOs, contributing 43.6–52.1% of total glycoside hydrolase genes and 34.6–47.1% activity to the meta-transcriptomes of chickens in the different dietary groups, although members of Parabacteroides, Prevotella, Alistipes, Clostridium, Barnesiella, Blastocystis, Faecalibacterium and others were also actively involved. Inulin and bacitracin inclusion in the basal diet did not change significantly the composition or diversity of these CMOs. Inulin supplementation at three levels promoted the activities of Bacteroides, Prevotella and Bifidobacterium, and 2% level appears to be the most optimal dosage for bifidobacterial activity.

Meat Quality In Broiler Chickens Fed On Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata [L.] Walp) Seeds

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgeta Ciurescu ◽  
Lavinia Idriceanu ◽  
Anca Gheorghe ◽  
Mariana Ropotă ◽  
Reta Drăghici
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Broiler Chicken ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Protein Source ◽  
Pufa Ratio ◽  
Texture Profile ◽  
Thigh Muscles

Abstract The study aimed to evaluate the effects of a diet containing untreated cowpea (CWP; Aura 26 variety) seeds as a protein source on quality parameters (physicochemical properties and fatty acid composition) of chickens’ breast and thigh muscles. A total of 240 Ross 308 broiler chickens were randomly allotted to two groups (1 fed with soybean meal (SBM) and 2 fed with CWP), 6 replicate pens per group (20 chicks/pen). At 6 weeks of age, twelve birds/group were slaughtered. Breast and thigh muscles of birds fed CWP diets had significantly higher (P < 0.05) levels of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA; C:18:3n-3, C:20:5n-3) compared with birds fed SBM diet. The n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio of the muscles decreased significantly (P < 0.05) in the CWP group. The study revealed that the use of CWP as a substitute for SBM had significant effects on physicochemical components of breast and thigh muscles. The lightness (L*) and redness (a*) of breast and thigh muscles were higher in the CWP treatment. The collagen and protein contents were higher, while the fat content was decreased (P < 0.05) in the CWP group. The texture profile analysis in breast and thigh muscles were comparable (P > 0.05) in both groups. These results confirm that CWP can be considered a promising protein source for broiler chicken feed.

scholarly journals Omega-3 fatty acid composition of chicken plasma fed diets varying in LA to ALA ratio

2021 ◽  
Vol 902 (1) ◽  
pp. 012012
Author(s):  
L R Kartikasari ◽  
R J Hughes ◽  
M S Geier ◽  
R A Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Omega 3 ◽  
Alpha Linolenic Acid ◽  
Total N ◽  
Total Fatty Acids ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Total Pufa

Abstract The impact of dietary supplementation of a vegetable source of n-3 fat in the form of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA, 18:3n-3) on the accumulation of n-3 fatty acids in plasma chicken was investigated. Sixty unsexed one-day-old broiler chickens were randomly allocated to six diets (n=10 birds/diet) for 4 weeks. The birds were fed a proprietary starter commercial feed for the first two days after hatch. Six dietary treatments ranging in fat content from 5 to 10% were prepared by supplementing the basal diet with vegetable oils. The ALA levels varied from 1 to 8% energy (%en). The n-6 fatty acid linoleic acid (LA, 18:2n-6) level was limited to less than 5%en. Results showed that the metabolites of dietary ALA, EPA, DPA, and DHA in plasma tissues increased in a curvilinear manner as dietary ALA increased, achieving 3- to 13-fold compared to the levels in the control birds (P<0.001). The total PUFA content of plasma samples increased (P<0.001) due to increasing the diets’ ALA content, achieving 41.20% of the total fatty acids when the LA to ALA ratio of diets was at the lowest level. The increase in total PUFA was mainly due to an increase in total n-3 PUFA.

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