Replacement value of blue‐green alga<i>(spirulina platensis)</i>for fishmeal and a vitamin‐mineral premix for broiler chicks

Venkataraman, L. V.; Somasekaran, T.; Becker, E. W.

doi:10.1080/00071669408417702

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“…Therefore, we hypothesised that the relative organ weight of the broilers could be affected by the microalgae supplementation. The results were out of anticipation, which is in agreement with Venkataraman et al (1994), who reported that the sun-dried Spirulina platensis algae supplementation did not affect the organ weight in broilers.…”

Section: Blood Profiles and Relative Organ Weightsupporting

confidence: 82%

Effects of dietaryω-3 fatty acid-enriched microalgae supplementation on growth performance, blood profiles, meat quality, and fatty acid composition of meat in broilers

Yan

Kim

2013

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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A total of 300 2-d-old ROSS 308 (BW of 42.690.1 g) broiler chicks were randomly allotted to one of the three dietary treatments as follows: (1) CON (basal diet), (2) MA0.1 [basal diet '0.1% microalgae (Schizochytrium JB5) powder], and (3) MA0.2 [basal diet ' 0.2% microalgae (Schizochytrium JB5) powder]. There were five replicate pens per treatment with 20 birds per pen. Dietary microalgae did not affect the growth performance, red blood cells, white blood cells, and relative organ weight of liver, spleen, gizzard, abdominal fat, bursa of Fabricius, and breast meat (P0.05). However, the inclusion of microalgae increased lymphocyte concentration compared to those that were fed a basal diet (PB0.05). The stearic acid composition of breast muscle was lower in MA0.1 treatment than CON treatment (PB0.05). Dietary microalgae powder increased the oleic acid, DHA, v-3 fatty acid, and USFA compositions compared to the CON group (PB0.05). Microalgae supplementation reduced v-6/v-3 fatty acid ratio, saturated fatty acid contents and SFA/USFA ratio than those fed a basal diet (PB0.05). In conclusion, dietary v-3-fatty-acid-enriched microalgae supplementation can improve the fatty acid composition of breast meat without affecting the growth performance in broilers.

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Section: Blood Profiles and Relative Organ Weightsupporting

confidence: 82%

Effects of dietaryω-3 fatty acid-enriched microalgae supplementation on growth performance, blood profiles, meat quality, and fatty acid composition of meat in broilers

Yan

Kim

2013

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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“…Mortality was very low (only one bird in the control group died) and therefore did not differ (P >0.05) among groups. These results are in agreement with those of previous researchers (Ross & Dominy, 1990;Venkataraman et al, 1994;Qureshi et al, 1996;Gongnet et al, 2001;Toyomizu et al, 2001), who recorded nonsignificant effects of dietary spirulina supplementation on performance parameters, although it has been reported that spirulina inclusion over 100 g/kg could depress the birds' growth (Ross & Dominy, 1990). In contrast, other researchers (Kharde et al, 2012;Shanmugapriya & Saravana Babu, 2014) reported that dietary spirulina significantly improved weight gain and feed efficiency of chickens compared with the control groups.…”

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Spirulina as a functional ingredient in broiler chicken diets

Bonos¹,

Kasapidou²,

Kargopoulos³

et al. 2016

SA J. An. Sci.

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In recent years there has been increased interest in the production of novel functional foods by utilizing eco-friendly materials and methods. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to determine the effects of dietary spirulina (Spirulina platensis), a blue-green microalga, on growth performance, meat oxidative stability and fatty acid profile of broiler chickens. One hundred and twenty one-day-old broiler chickens of mixed sex were weighed individually and assigned randomly to three treatment groups with four replications of 10 birds. All birds were housed in floor cages with litter, and conventional breeding and management procedures were applied throughout the 42-day trial period. The treatment groups were as follows: control: 0 g spirulina/kg feed; S05: 5 g spirulina/kg feed; S10: 10 g spirulina/kg feed. The birds were fed with maize and soybean meal-based commercial diets for the starter (1 to 14 days), grower (15 to 28 days) and finisher (29 to 42 days) periods. Feed and drinking water were offered to all birds ad libitum. The results of the experiment showed that bodyweight gain (at 21 d and 42 d), feed conversion ratio and mortality did not differ among the groups, nor did breast and thigh meat lipid oxidation differ among the groups. The fatty acid profile of the thigh meat was enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid after spirulina supplementation. Therefore, spirulina could be a promising functional ingredient in broiler chicken nutrition.

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“…The same response was also reported by Danny et al (2016), where using 1, 2, and 4% of dietary spirulina led to an improved growth performance than that of the control, while using higher levels resulted in adverse effects. On the contrary, Venkataraman et al (1994) found that using high levels of dietary spirulina 14-17% did not affect broiler performance or meat quality. During the laying period, the Spirulina birds (T1 and T2) had higher final BWs than that of the control group.…”

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Evaluation of Spirulina Algae (Spirulina Platensis) as a Feed Supplement for Japanese Quail: Nutiritional Effects on Growth Performance, Egg Production, Egg Quality, Blood Metabolites, Sperm-Egg Penetration and Fertility

Abouelezz¹

2017

EPSJ

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ABSTRACT:This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional impacts of Spirulina platensis supplementation in the feed and drinking water of the Japanese quail during the growing and laying periods. One-hundred-twenty Japanese quails (14 days old) were housed in twelve battery cages, which were randomly corresponded to three treatments: a basal mash diet (BMD) (control group), a BMD plus 1% Spirulina platensis, and a BMD plus 0.25% of Spirulina in the drinking water. The growth performance was evaluated between the 2 nd and 6 th week of age, then the egg production parameters and fertility rates were investigated during the following seven weeks. The Spirulina powder used in this study had 95.40% dry matter, 54.70% crude protein, 2.58% ether extract, and 1.58% crude fiber. During the growing period, the results showed that the birds provided with Spirulina powder at 1% in the feed (T1) and at 0.25% in the drinking water (T2) had higher (P<0.05) body weight (BW) and body weight gain (BWG) values than those of the control group. The total FI of T1 was higher (P<0.05) than those of the control and T2 (505.1 vs. 515.6 and 504.9 g). Besides, both of Spirulina treatments had better feed conversion ratios than that of the control group (3.3 and 3.3 versus 3.6 feed: gain). During the laying period, the Spirulina supplementation in feed or in water did not show significant (P≥0.05) effects on the egg laying rate, egg weight, daily egg mass, feed intake, feed conversion (g feed: g egg) as compared with the control group. Finally, the birds supplemented with Spirulina treatments had lesser serum cholesterol and free fatty acid levels, and displayed higher fertility values (P<0.05) than that of the control group. In conclusion, the addition of Spirulina to the feed and/ or to the drinking water of the Japanese quail had beneficial effects on growth performance and fertility, while it did not show any significant (P≥0.05) impact on the egg production, egg quality, or dressing percentage.

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Replacement value of blue‐green alga(spirulina platensis)for fishmeal and a vitamin‐mineral premix for broiler chicks

Cited by 78 publications

References 9 publications

Effects of dietaryω-3 fatty acid-enriched microalgae supplementation on growth performance, blood profiles, meat quality, and fatty acid composition of meat in broilers

Effects of dietaryω-3 fatty acid-enriched microalgae supplementation on growth performance, blood profiles, meat quality, and fatty acid composition of meat in broilers

Spirulina as a functional ingredient in broiler chicken diets

Evaluation of Spirulina Algae (Spirulina Platensis) as a Feed Supplement for Japanese Quail: Nutiritional Effects on Growth Performance, Egg Production, Egg Quality, Blood Metabolites, Sperm-Egg Penetration and Fertility

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