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http://dx.doi.org/10.5536/KJPS.2020.47.1.49

Supplementation of Indigenous Green Microalga (Parachlorella sp.) to Pre-starter Diet for Broiler Chickens  

An, Su Hyun (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University)
Joo, Sang Seok (Department of Animal Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Pusan National University)
Lee, Hyo Gun (Department of Animal Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Pusan National University)
Kim, Z-Hun (Algae Research Team, Nakdongang National Institute of Biological Resources)
Lee, Chang Soo (Algae Research Team, Nakdongang National Institute of Biological Resources)
Kim, Myunghoo (Department of Animal Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Pusan National University)
Kong, Changsu (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University)
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Korean Journal of Poultry Science / v.47, no.1, 2020 , pp. 49-59 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study determined the effect of dietary cultivated microalgae (Parachlorella sp.) on the growth and immune responses of pre-starter broilers. A total of 320 one-day-old birds (Ross 308) were allocated to 4 treatments with 8 blocks in a randomized complete block design. The four experimental diets consisted of a corn-soybean meal-based control diet, and three diets contained 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5% microalgae powder at the expense of cornstarch in the control diet. After feeding the experimental diets for 7 days, the body weight and feed intake of all birds were measured, and 8 birds were randomly selected from each treatment. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and serum were harvested for immune profile assessment, including cytokines and cell migration receptors. No differences in growth performance were observed among the treatments. The birds that were fed diets containing graded levels of microalga showed a linear increase in the mRNA expression of cytokine genes in PBMCs, including that of IL2, IL1β, and IL18 (P<0.05). With respect to the chemokine receptor genes in PBMCs, mRNA expression of CCR2, CCR9, and ITGA4 changed quadratically (P<0.05), but that of CCR7 increased linearly (P<0.01). Cytokine protein secretion in blood, including that of IL-1β and IL-6, increased linearly (P<0.01) with an increase in the microalgal content. Overall, the present results show that the indigenous microalgae powder used in this study could stimulate immunity with no detrimental effects on the growth performance of pre-starter broiler chickens.
Keywords
microalgae; Parachlorella sp.; growth performance; immune characteristics; broiler;
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