Basri, Hasan and Widiyanto, Slamet and Saragih, Hendry T. S. S. G. and Zuprizal, Zuprizal (2024) Investigating the effect of quail egg supplementation enriched with marine macroalgae Eucheuma spinosum on hematological indices, lipid profile parameters, and blood glucose level of Sprague Dawley rats during lactation and offspring growth. Open Veterinary Journal, 14 (11). 2827 – 2836. ISSN 22264485
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Abstract
Background: The lactation period is a crucial period where the nutritional status and the mother’s environment influence milk production, impacting organ differentiation, function, and structure in the baby’s body. Aim: The study aimed to determine the impact of providing lactating rats with quail egg supplements enriched with marine macroalgae Eucheuma spinosum on their physiological condition (blood cells, lipids, blood glucose, antioxidant activity, and prolactin hormone levels) and the growth of their offspring. Methods: The study involved 25 lactating Sprague Dawley white rats aged 3 months old and weighing approximately 200 g divided into five treatment groups thus; T0 as the control, T1 with quail eggs enriched with commercial feed, T2 with quail eggs enriched with 3 of marine macroalgae, T3 with quail eggs enriched with 4 of marine macroalgae, and T4 with quail eggs enriched with 5 of marine macroalgae, which received one quail egg for 21 days. At the end of the study period, the following parameters were assayed: vitamin A, iodine, weight and body length of rat pups, red blood cell count, hemoglobin levels, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, white blood cell count, lymphocytes, neutrophils, red blood cell distribution width, platelet distribution width, and mean platelet volume. Also, cholesterol levels, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, blood glucose levels, prolactin hormone, antioxidant activity with SOD and MDA. Results: The study result found that adding marine macroalgae to the quail feed significantly increased the vitamin A and iodine content in the quail egg yolks. Furthermore, the weight and body length of the rat pups in the supplemented groups significantly increased (p < 0.05) compared to the control group. However, it did not have a significant impact (p > 0.05) on the rats’ blood parameters, cholesterol, blood glucose, antioxidant activity, and prolactin hormone levels. Conclusion: In conclusion, providing lactating rats with quail eggs enriched with marine macroalgae E. spinosum support the growth and development of the rat offspring without negatively impacting the rats’ overall health parameters. © 2024, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tripoli. All rights reserved.
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Additional Information: | Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Gold Open Access |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animal Feed; Animals; Blood Glucose; Diet; Dietary Supplements; Edible Seaweeds; Eggs; Eucheuma; Female; Lactation; Lipids; Quail; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Rhodophyta; Seaweed; aspartate aminotransferase; cholesterol; glucose; hemoglobin; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; iodine; iron; ketamine; lipid; phosphorus; prolactin; triacylglycerol; uric acid; lipid; animal experiment; animal model; animal tissue; antioxidant activity; Article; atomic absorption spectrometry; blood analysis; blood cell count; body height; cell count; cellular distribution; cholesterol blood level; controlled study; diet supplementation; egg; emotion; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; erythrocyte count; Eucheuma; female; food intake; glucose blood level; hematocrit; hematological parameters; hemoglobin determination; lactation; leukocyte count; macroalga; marine alga; mean corpuscular hemoglobin; mean corpuscular volume; mean platelet volume; milk; milk production; neutrophil; nonhuman; nutritional status; platelet distribution width; progeny; quail; rat; red blood cell distribution width; Sprague Dawley rat; supplementation; animal; animal food; blood; chemistry; diet; dietary supplement; edible seaweed; Eucheuma; lactation; physiology; quail; red alga; seaweed; Sprague Dawley rat; veterinary medicine |
Subjects: | S Agriculture > SF Animal culture |
Divisions: | Faculty of Animal Sciences > Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science |
Depositing User: | Wirasto Wirasto |
Date Deposited: | 27 May 2025 07:37 |
Last Modified: | 27 May 2025 07:37 |
URI: | https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/18672 |