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Effects of maternal dietary energy restriction on breast muscle fibre development in the offspring of broiler breeders

  • Wu, Hongzhi (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) ;
  • Sun, Hao (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) ;
  • Ma, Chengzhan (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) ;
  • Lian, Lina (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) ;
  • Lu, Lei (Hebei Sogreen Food Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Xu, Liangmei (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) ;
  • Xu, Li (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University)
  • Received : 2020.10.13
  • Accepted : 2021.03.22
  • Published : 2021.11.01
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Abstract

Objective: The effects of maternal dietary energy levels on breast muscle fibre development in offspring of broiler breeders were investigated. Methods: A total of 480 20-week-old Arbor Acres (AA) healthy female broiler breeders, with an average body weight of 2.33±0.01 kg, were randomly divided into 4 treatment groups with 6 replicates and 20 broiler breeders for each replicate and fed a corn and soybean meal diet with 100%, 80%, 70%, and 50% energy levels, respectively. Approximately 300 eggs per treatment were collected for incubation for 6 days. Then, 120 0-day-old female broilers at each energy level were randomly selected and divided into 6 replicates with 20 broilers for each replicate, with this experimental phase with the offspring lasting for 49 days. Results: Compared with the 100% energy group, the breast muscle fibre diameter at embryonic day 21 in the 80% energy group was significantly reduced (p<0.05). In the 80% energy group, the muscle fibre density of the breast increased significantly (p<0.05) at embryonic days 15 and 21. The breast muscle fibre diameter of the offspring in each group was significantly decreased (p<0.05) on the 1st day. The breast muscle sarcomere length of the embryos in the 80% energy group was significantly higher (p<0.05) than those in the 70% and 50% energy groups. Compared with the 100% energy group, the expression of the myostatin gene in the offspring was significantly decreased (p<0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, the effects of a maternal dietary energy level of 80% in this study were found to be optimal for breast muscle fibre development in offspring, which indicated that the metabolic energy level of AA broilers of 9.36 MJ/kg for the mid-term diet for laying eggs has a more practical significance.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Scientific and Technology Foundation of Education Department of Heilongjiang Province (12531006), the Research and Development of Applied Technology of Harbin (2016RAXXJ015), and the Northeast Agricultural University Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate (yjscx14010), P.R. China. The authors thank Rongchuang Lv, Shupeng Niu, and Hui Zhang for their invaluable technical assistance during the laying period of the hens and Xindi Yin, a PhD candidate of the University of Guelph in Canada, for her suggestions and comments on this paper.

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