Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers
Background and Aim: Over the last decades, the poultry industry has experienced steady growth. Although the industry is gradually expanding in Indonesia, poultry feed production has always been expensive. There is a need to study alternative ingredients to obtain affordable feed from natural resourc...
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| author | H. T. Saragih I. N. Fauziah D. A. Saputri A. R. Chasani |
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| description | Background and Aim: Over the last decades, the poultry industry has experienced steady growth. Although the industry is gradually expanding in Indonesia, poultry feed production has always been expensive. There is a need to study alternative ingredients to obtain affordable feed from natural resources. Chaetomorpha linum (CL) is an abundant macroalgae available throughout the year in Indonesia. This study aimed to determine the effect of CL on the histological structure of the small intestine, pectoralis muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers.
Materials and Methods: This study used 300-day-old chick (DOC) male broilers that were reared until they were 21 days old. This study used a completely randomized design with four treatment groups and five replications, and each replication group contained 15 DOC individuals. The treatment groups consisted of Control (CON), CON basal feed (BF), CL1 (0.75%/kg BF), CL2 (1.5%/kg BF), and CL3 (3%/kg BF) groups. The histological structure of the small intestine, pectoralis muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of the broiler was examined.
Results: Small intestine and pectoral muscle histomorphology, growth performance, and meat quality were significantly improved in the CL2 (1.5%) and CL3 (3%) groups compared with the CL1 (0.75%) and CON groups.
Conclusion: Dietary CL supplementation ameliorates small intestine and pectoral muscle histomorphology, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f02db341b3eb413fbd0cc71bc52fbf272024-02-23T15:14:49ZengVeterinary WorldVeterinary World0972-89882231-09162024-02-0117247047910.14202/vetworld.2024.470-479Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilersH. T. Saragih0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0696-6191I. N. Fauziah1https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6784-573XD. A. Saputri2https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4191-349XA. R. Chasani3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8493-0739Laboratory of Animal Development Structure, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.Graduate Program of Biology, Department of Tropical Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.Graduate Program of Biology, Department of Tropical Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.Background and Aim: Over the last decades, the poultry industry has experienced steady growth. Although the industry is gradually expanding in Indonesia, poultry feed production has always been expensive. There is a need to study alternative ingredients to obtain affordable feed from natural resources. Chaetomorpha linum (CL) is an abundant macroalgae available throughout the year in Indonesia. This study aimed to determine the effect of CL on the histological structure of the small intestine, pectoralis muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers. Materials and Methods: This study used 300-day-old chick (DOC) male broilers that were reared until they were 21 days old. This study used a completely randomized design with four treatment groups and five replications, and each replication group contained 15 DOC individuals. The treatment groups consisted of Control (CON), CON basal feed (BF), CL1 (0.75%/kg BF), CL2 (1.5%/kg BF), and CL3 (3%/kg BF) groups. The histological structure of the small intestine, pectoralis muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of the broiler was examined. Results: Small intestine and pectoral muscle histomorphology, growth performance, and meat quality were significantly improved in the CL2 (1.5%) and CL3 (3%) groups compared with the CL1 (0.75%) and CON groups. Conclusion: Dietary CL supplementation ameliorates small intestine and pectoral muscle histomorphology, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers.https://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.17/February-2024/27.pdfchaetomorpha linumgrowth performancepectoral musclesmall intestinewater-holding capacity |
| spellingShingle | H. T. Saragih I. N. Fauziah D. A. Saputri A. R. Chasani Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers Veterinary World chaetomorpha linum growth performance pectoral muscle small intestine water-holding capacity |
| title | Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers |
| title_full | Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers |
| title_fullStr | Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers |
| title_short | Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers |
| title_sort | dietary macroalgae chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle growth performance and meat quality of broilers |
| topic | chaetomorpha linum growth performance pectoral muscle small intestine water-holding capacity |
| url | https://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.17/February-2024/27.pdf |
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