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Dietary Orange Pulp and Organic Selenium Effects on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Fatty Acid Profile, and Oxidative Stability Parameters of Broiler Chickens

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  • Evangelos Zoidis

    (Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology and Feeding, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece
    These two authors should be considered joint first author.)

  • Panagiotis Simitzis

    (Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece)

  • Dimitrios Kampantais

    (Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology and Feeding, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece)

  • Petros Katsoulas

    (Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece)

  • Athanasios C. Pappas

    (Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology and Feeding, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece)

  • George Papadomichelakis

    (Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology and Feeding, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece)

  • Michael Goliomytis

    (Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece
    These two authors should be considered joint first author.)

Abstract

In this study, orange pulp (OP) and/or organic Se were fed to broilers in order to investigate their effects on the performance, behavior, breast meat quality, and oxidative stability. A total of 240 chicks were allocated to four groups: a control group; an OP group, fed with OP at 50 g/kg of diet; a Se group, fed with organic Se at 0.15 ppm; and an OP + Se group, fed with OP and organic Se at 50 g/kg and 0.15 ppm, respectively. The selenium and OP + Se groups showed improved meat oxidative stability during frozen storage from 90 to 210 days ( p < 0.05), whereas the performance and meat quality were unaffected by the dietary treatments ( p > 0.05), apart from a reduction in the meat pH and the dressing percentage in the OP-supplemented groups ( p < 0.05). A synergistic action between OP and Se was observed for the meat oxidative stability. The polyunsaturated fatty acid (FA) and α-linolenic acid (ALA) contents in the breast meat lipid fractions were increased in the OP groups ( p < 0.05). Dietary intervention did not affect the feeding or drinking behaviors of the broilers ( p > 0.05). The dietary supplementation of broiler chickens with the citrus industry byproduct orange pulp at 50 g/kg, along with organic Se at 0.15 ppm, beneficially improves the meat oxidative stability and the meat nutritional value, with no negative side effects on the performance or the meat quality.

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  • Evangelos Zoidis & Panagiotis Simitzis & Dimitrios Kampantais & Petros Katsoulas & Athanasios C. Pappas & George Papadomichelakis & Michael Goliomytis, 2022. "Dietary Orange Pulp and Organic Selenium Effects on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Fatty Acid Profile, and Oxidative Stability Parameters of Broiler Chickens," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-14, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:1534-:d:736764
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    1. Alexandros Georganas & Elisavet Giamouri & Athanasios C. Pappas & Evangelos Zoidis & Michael Goliomytis & Panagiotis Simitzis, 2023. "Utilization of Agro-Industrial By-Products for Sustainable Poultry Production," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-46, February.

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