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Dietary Green Seaweed Compromises Overall Feed Conversion Efficiency but not Blood Parameters and Meat Quality and Stability in Broiler Chickens

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  • Tumisang Ben Matshogo

    (Department of Animal Science, School of Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mafikeng 2745, South Africa)

  • Caven Mguvane Mnisi

    (Department of Animal Science, School of Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mafikeng 2745, South Africa
    Food Security and Safety Niche Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mafikeng 2745, South Africa)

  • Victor Mlambo

    (School of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa)

Abstract

Using seaweeds as sources of nutrients and beneficial bioactive compounds can promote sustainable production of functional poultry products. This study investigated the physiological and meat quality responses of Cobb 500 broiler chickens to graded levels of green seaweed ( Ulva sp.) meal (SWM). Three hundred, two-week-old male chicks (159.3 ± 11.76 g live-weight) were randomly assigned to five diets formulated by diluting a standard broiler diet with SWM at 0 (SW0), 20 (SW20), 25 (SW25), 30 (SW30) and 35 g/kg (SW35). There were neither linear nor quadratic trends ( p > 0.05) for overall feed intake, overall growth performance and carcass and meat quality traits. Overall feed conversion efficiency (R 2 = 0.192, p = 0.018) and spleen weights (R 2 = 0.182; p = 0.020) linearly declined as SWM levels increased. Linear and quadratic responses ( p > 0.05) were observed for lymphocytes. There were linear effects for meat pH except on day 7 of storage. Meat lightness ( L *) linearly increased whereas meat redness ( a *) quadratically responded to SWM levels (day 3 of storage). While an optimum inclusion level could not be established for seaweed based on growth performance, improvements in some meat shelf life indicators were observed in the broilers reared on seaweed-containing diets.

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  • Tumisang Ben Matshogo & Caven Mguvane Mnisi & Victor Mlambo, 2020. "Dietary Green Seaweed Compromises Overall Feed Conversion Efficiency but not Blood Parameters and Meat Quality and Stability in Broiler Chickens," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-11, November.
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    1. Cebisa Kumanda & Victor Mlambo & Caven Mguvane Mnisi, 2019. "From Landfills to the Dinner Table: Red Grape Pomace Waste as a Nutraceutical for Broiler Chickens," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-12, April.
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