Effect of Chitin in Shrimp Meal on Growth Performance and Digestibility in Growing Broilers

In order to clarify whether chitin in shrimp meal (SM) affects growth performance of broilers adversely, body weight gain, feed intake, digestibility and nitrogen retention were measured in broilers given diets containing 3 levels of SM and chitin. In addition, meat and skin color was also measured...

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Main Authors: Sutisa Khempaka, Masato Mochizuki, Katsuki Koh, Yutaka Karasawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Poultry Science Association 2006-11-01
Series:The Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/43/4/43_4_339/_pdf/-char/en
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author Sutisa Khempaka
Masato Mochizuki
Katsuki Koh
Yutaka Karasawa
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Masato Mochizuki
Katsuki Koh
Yutaka Karasawa
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description In order to clarify whether chitin in shrimp meal (SM) affects growth performance of broilers adversely, body weight gain, feed intake, digestibility and nitrogen retention were measured in broilers given diets containing 3 levels of SM and chitin. In addition, meat and skin color was also measured in the expectation of color intensification by astaxanthin in SM. Body weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency decreased numerically in birds given SM diets, but did not change in birds given chitin diets. Dry matter (DM) digestibility decreased with increasing levels of SM and chitin. Chitin digestibility was low (at most 24%) and tended to decrease with increasing levels of SM and chitin. Ash digestibility decreased with increasing levels of SM but unchanged with increasing levels of chitin. N retention decreased with increasing levels of SM and chitin. The redness of thigh meat was increased by feeding SM. In conclusion, the results obtained here showed that decreased DM digestibility observed in birds given SM diets seemed to be explained by the low digestibility of chitin in SM, and SM may be useful to improve meat color of broilers.
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spelling doaj.art-be6d24ece3a843a18c59520e9a5bd0fa2023-05-31T00:21:10ZengJapan Poultry Science AssociationThe Journal of Poultry Science1346-73951349-04862006-11-0143433934310.2141/jpsa.43.339jpsaEffect of Chitin in Shrimp Meal on Growth Performance and Digestibility in Growing BroilersSutisa Khempaka0Masato Mochizuki1Katsuki Koh2Yutaka Karasawa3United Graduate School of Agriculture Science, Gifu UniversityFaculty of Agriculture, Shinshu UniversityFaculty of Agriculture, Shinshu UniversityFaculty of Agriculture, Shinshu UniversityIn order to clarify whether chitin in shrimp meal (SM) affects growth performance of broilers adversely, body weight gain, feed intake, digestibility and nitrogen retention were measured in broilers given diets containing 3 levels of SM and chitin. In addition, meat and skin color was also measured in the expectation of color intensification by astaxanthin in SM. Body weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency decreased numerically in birds given SM diets, but did not change in birds given chitin diets. Dry matter (DM) digestibility decreased with increasing levels of SM and chitin. Chitin digestibility was low (at most 24%) and tended to decrease with increasing levels of SM and chitin. Ash digestibility decreased with increasing levels of SM but unchanged with increasing levels of chitin. N retention decreased with increasing levels of SM and chitin. The redness of thigh meat was increased by feeding SM. In conclusion, the results obtained here showed that decreased DM digestibility observed in birds given SM diets seemed to be explained by the low digestibility of chitin in SM, and SM may be useful to improve meat color of broilers.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/43/4/43_4_339/_pdf/-char/enbroilerchitindigestibilitymeat colorshrimp meal
spellingShingle Sutisa Khempaka
Masato Mochizuki
Katsuki Koh
Yutaka Karasawa
Effect of Chitin in Shrimp Meal on Growth Performance and Digestibility in Growing Broilers
The Journal of Poultry Science
broiler
chitin
digestibility
meat color
shrimp meal
title Effect of Chitin in Shrimp Meal on Growth Performance and Digestibility in Growing Broilers
title_full Effect of Chitin in Shrimp Meal on Growth Performance and Digestibility in Growing Broilers
title_fullStr Effect of Chitin in Shrimp Meal on Growth Performance and Digestibility in Growing Broilers
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Chitin in Shrimp Meal on Growth Performance and Digestibility in Growing Broilers
title_short Effect of Chitin in Shrimp Meal on Growth Performance and Digestibility in Growing Broilers
title_sort effect of chitin in shrimp meal on growth performance and digestibility in growing broilers
topic broiler
chitin
digestibility
meat color
shrimp meal
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/43/4/43_4_339/_pdf/-char/en
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