Effect of blue green alga (Spirulina platensis) on haematological, biochemical and fertility parameters of egg type male chicken (Record no. 27202)
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| Personal name | Sethu C Nair |
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| Title | Effect of blue green alga (Spirulina platensis) on haematological, biochemical and fertility parameters of egg type male chicken |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mannuthy |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003 |
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| Degree type | MVSc |
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| Summary, etc. | Enhancement of total production without compromising aspects of <br/>wholesomeness and subject Iconsumer lenvironmental safety of the produce <br/>forms the new challenge of Indian poultry industry. Since nutrition is the single <br/>largest external factor affecting performance of the stock and accounting lion <br/>share of the input cost, nutritional manipulations have widely been used to take <br/>up this challenge. Especially in the wake of set backs from potential residual <br/>hazards of anabolic steroids used as growth promoting feed additives, use of <br/>certain blue green algae as dietary supplement offers more innocuous organic <br/>alternatives, for being safe to the subject, consumers and environment. <br/>Owing to their success in human health with anabolic and therapeutic <br/>effects cyanobacteria, the blue green algae, are being tried in livestock/poultry <br/>production as well. Spirulina is rich in protein, vitamins and provitamins such as <br/>carotenoids, and minerals. Protein from spirulina is believed to be highly <br/>digestible due to the lack of a cell wall; it contains 18 amino acids, major ones <br/>being lysine, arginine, threonine, methionine and phenylalanine. High levels of <br/>arginine is normally believed to be insulinogenic, indirectly through stimulation <br/>of growth hormone secretion <br/>The present study forms part of an exploration of growth promoting and <br/>fertility augmenting aspects of one of the popular species of blue green algae, <br/>Spirulina platensis, envisaging evaluation of its influence on haematological, <br/>biochemical and fertility parameters of Austra-white male chicken, when used as <br/>a dietary supplement. Thirty-two numbers of eight-week-old Austra-white male <br/>chickens were reared under standard management conditions in battery cages in <br/>Department of Physiology, College Of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. The <br/>birds were selected randomly and divided into two groups, G I (control) and G 11 <br/>(spirulina supplemented) comprising of sixteen birds in each. Birds of group G I <br/> <br/>were solely fed with standard layer rution und formed lhe controls in the <br/>experiment while birds of G 1I group were fed layer ration with dietary <br/>supplementation of Spirulina platensis at the level of 2.5% of feed. Both rations <br/>were made isocaloric and isonitrogenous. Feed and water were provided to birds <br/>ad libitum. <br/>Body weight of the birds was taken at monthly intervals from initial <br/>period (eight week of age) to thirty-two weeks of age. Blood was collected at <br/>monthly intervals from third to eighth months of age. Estimation of <br/>haematological parameters comprised total erythrocyte count (TEC), <br/>haemoglobin content (Hb), volume of packed red cells (VPRC), erythrocyte <br/>sedimentation rate (ESR) and total leukocyte count (TLC). Erythrocytic indices <br/>were calculated from the estimated values of TEC, Hb and VPRC. Biochemical <br/>profile of plasma included estimation of total protein, albumin, globulin, albumin <br/>globulin (A: G) ratio (protein profile), cholesterol, triglycerides, total lipids (lipid <br/>profile), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and bilirubin at monthly intervals from third <br/>to eighth month. Plasma antioxidant status was assessed by estimating catalase <br/>enzyme activity and lipid peroxidation level. Semen was collected at twenty- <br/>fourth, twenty-eighth and thirty-second weeks of age. Semen evaluation was <br/>done by observing the motility, mass activity, semen volume, methylene blue <br/>reduction time (MBRT), percentage of live sperms (differential staining and hypo <br/>osmolarity swelling) and heat and cold shock resistance tests in the collected <br/>semen samples. Birds were sacrificed at thirty-two weeks of age and the relative <br/>organ weight of liver,' spleen, pancreas and testes was estimated. Lipid <br/>peroxidation level of homogenized samples of liver, spleen, pancreas and testes <br/>were also estimated. The data were statistically analysed using appropriate tests. <br/>Body weight of birds fed with spirulina (G II group) was significantly <br/>higher when compared to control (G I group). Relative organ weight also showed <br/>a significantly higher relative weight for spleen, pancreas and testes. The birds of <br/>G II group tSpirulina platensis- fed) showed a significantly higher values of <br/>TEC, Hb concentration, VPRC and TLC compared to control (G I group) birds. <br/> <br/>The value of ESR was significantly lower for the spirulina fed group. Plasma <br/>protein profile indicated a significant higher concentration of total protein, <br/>albumin and globulin levels in spirulina-fed group. Plasma lipid profile had a low <br/>total lipid and cholesterol level in spirulina fed birds of G II group when <br/>compared to the controls in G I group. However, the triglyceride levels was <br/>significantly higher for spirulina fed birds (G II group). Plasma concentrations of <br/>BUN and bilirubin were also significantly higher for G 11 group. The results <br/>indicated a strong haematopoietic effect of spirulina and its usefulness as a <br/>protein rich nutritional supplement for poultry. <br/>Plasma antioxidant activity was significantly higher for G II group in the <br/>sense that the spirulina fed group showed an increased blood catalase activity and <br/>a decreased plasma lipid peroxidation levels. Estimation of peroxidation level in <br/>homogenised samples of liver and testes also had a significantly lower <br/>peroxidation level in birds of G 11 group. Results underlined the strong <br/>antioxidant capacity of spirulina. <br/>Semen evaluation studies revealed a significantly higher semen volume, <br/>motility, and percentage of live sperms in semen samples from birds of G II <br/>group (spirulina fed) when compared to G I group. Semen samples from G II <br/>group also showed a significantly lower methylene blue reduction time compared <br/>to G I group. Heat and cold shock resistance test failed to show any significant <br/>difference between the two groups. Results indicated the fertility augmenting <br/>property of spirulina. <br/>The present study is consistent with earlier reports of growth promoting <br/>and erythropoietic effects of spirulina. Free radical scavenging effect of this <br/>species of alga has caused a marked increase in the antioxidant status of the <br/>subjects, congruent with earlier findings. Additionally, this is the first publication <br/>to report indications of a fertility augmenting effect of this alga in male birds. <br/>However, confirmation of the latter effect needs further investigation, preferably <br/>with insemination studies. <br/><br/> |
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