Dietary supplementation with natural antioxidants: assessment of growth performance and meat quality in broiler chickens. 2024

Andrea Serra, and Giulia Foggi, and Arianna Buccioni, and Roxana E Amarie, and Sara Tinagli, and Federica Scicutella, and Laura Casarosa, and Giulia Secci, and Alberto Mantino, and Marcello Mele, and Federica Mannelli
Department of Agricuture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy; Research Center of Nutraceutical and Food for Health, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.serra@unipi.it.

Exposure to air and light lowers the meat quality of chickens, which is mainly determined by the color alteration and accumulation of detrimental products from lipid oxidation. This study tests the effects of 2 supplements rich in polyphenols, Oxilem (OX) and OxiGem (OG), on broiler Ross 308 performance and meat quality in comparison to a control group (C). A total of 105 one-day-old Ross 308 male chicks were allocated to 21 pens and randomly assigned to 1 of the 3 treatments. The trial lasted 42 d. Individual live weight and feed intake per pen were recorded. Proximate analysis, color, cholesterol content and cholesterol oxidation products (COPs), fatty acids (FAs), volatile aldehydes profile, and secondary oxidation products of meat FAs were determined, with analyses for detecting oxidative alterations conducted on breast burgers preserved for 7 d at 4°C. Birds fed OG grew 7 g/d more than those receiving OX, reaching a higher final weight. After slaughtering, meat from the OX group had a higher yellow index compared to C. After 7 d of air and light exposure, the influence on the color parameters of the OG and OX burgers was significantly less pronounced than that of C. Secondary oxidation products of the FAs of the burgers were not significantly affected by the diet regimens. In addition, OX and OG burgers exhibited lower amounts of volatile aldehydes, triol and COPs. These results confirm the effectiveness of OX and OG supplementation against lipid oxidation at the inclusion level used in this trial.

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