Saragih, H.T. and Fauziah, I.N. and Saputri, D.A. and Chasani, A.R. (2024) Dietary macroalgae Chaetomorpha linum supplementation improves morphology of small intestine and pectoral muscle, growth performance, and meat quality of broilers. Veterinary World, 17 (2). 470 – 479. ISSN 2231-0916
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Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Gold Open Access |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Chaetomorpha linum, growth performance, pectoral muscle, small intestine, water-holding capacity. |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Biology > Undergratuate Program in Biology |
Depositing User: | Ekowati Purwandari Purwandari |
Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2024 08:53 |
Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2024 08:53 |
URI: | https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/6361 |