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Prebiotic effect of Ulva rigida meal on the intestinal integrity and serum cholesterol and triglyceride content in broilers

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Marine algae contain large amounts of bioactive compounds and dietary fiber; thus, when used as feed for poultry, they could be an alternative to improve intestinal integrity and reduce lipid serum concentrations. Few studies have assessed the prebiotic properties of this marine resource. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prebiotic effects of different concentrations of the green alga Ulva rigida as feed additive to enhance the morphology of intestinal villi and reduce total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in chickens. One hundred and forty-one-day-old Arbor Acres broilers were randomized to one of four treatments: 0, 2, 4, and 6% Ulva meal, respectively, including seven replicates of five broilers each, in a completely randomized design. The assay was run for 6 weeks. Body weight gain and carcass percentage were not affected by the treatment, but feed intake, feed conversion ratio, and mortality showed significant differences (p < 0.05). Width, height, and contour length of intestinal villi were higher (p < 0.05) in all U. rigida meal treatments compared to the control group. The highest (p < 0.05) intestinal villus height and contour length were recorded with 2% Ulva. Serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels were significantly lower in Ulva treatments vs. control (p < 0.05). The addition of U. rigida to broilers meal improved the growth of intestinal villi and reduced serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, thus confirming that it could be considered as a prebiotic that can enhance the broiler health.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Efrain Flores Montaño for his help in field sampling, and to Diego Armando Falcón Vidal for his collaboration during the experiment. Alma Ribera Camacho assisted in the histological analysis; María Elena Sánchez and Diana Fischer provided editorial services. Thanks also to the person in charge of the Poultry Area of the Posta Zootécnica at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur for facilitating the conduct of the experiment. Casas-Valdez and Piñón-Gimate authors thank Estímulo al Desempeño de la Investigación (EDI), Comisión de Fomento a las Actividades Académicas (COFAA), and Cañedo-Castro scholarship granted by CONACYT and Beca al Estímulo Institucional de Formación de Investigadores (BEIFI), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN).

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This study was funded by the project Instituto Politécnico Nacional-SIP20161094.

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    Betsabé Cañedo-Castro, Alejandra Piñón-Gimate & Margarita Casas-Valdez

  2. Departamento de Nutrición Animal, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Sección XVI, 14000, CDMX, Mexico

    Silvia Carrillo

  3. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, CDMX, Mexico

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Cañedo-Castro, B., Piñón-Gimate, A., Carrillo, S. et al. Prebiotic effect of Ulva rigida meal on the intestinal integrity and serum cholesterol and triglyceride content in broilers. J Appl Phycol 31, 3265–3273 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-019-01785-x

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