Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2572-3103
ISSN: 2572-3103
Anastasios Kargopoulos
Greece
Research Article
The Seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum as a Potential Functional Ingredient in Chicken Nutrition
Author(s): Eleftherios Bonos, Anastasios Kargopoulos, Ioannis Nikolakakis, Panagiota Florou-Paneri and Efterpi ChristakiEleftherios Bonos, Anastasios Kargopoulos, Ioannis Nikolakakis, Panagiota Florou-Paneri and Efterpi Christaki
The marine environment is a source of many valuable food and feed ingredients such as seaweeds or macroalgae. In recent years, consumers’ demands have increased the research on the production of functional foods, especially through the inclusion of bioactive ingredients in the animal feeds. One candidate ingredient is Ascophyllum nodosum, brown seaweed, containing polysaccharides, proteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, pigments and antioxidants. Aim of this study was to examine the effects of dietary A. nodosum supplementation on broiler chicken performance parameters, meat fatty acid composition and meat resistance to oxidation during refrigerated storage. One hundred sixty 1-day-old broiler chickens were randomly assigned to four treatment groups with four replications of ten birds each. Birds were housed in floor pens with litter and were offered appropriate commerci.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2572-3103.1000140