A Comparison of Body Mass Index and Weight Gain Among Male Sprague Dawley Rats on Broiler and Domestic Chicken Meat Feed

Abstract

Objective:
 To compare and evaluate the effects of broiler chicken fed with commercially offered feed and chicken fed with organic diet on BMI and weight gain in Sprague Dawley rats.
 Study Design:
 A randomized controlled trial.
 Place and Duration of Study:
 Multi-Disciplinary Laboratory of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, and collaborated with Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad from November 2017 to April 2019.
 Methodology:
 Ninety male early weaned Sprague Dawley rats were arbitrarily assorted into three groups (n=30).
 Group I control rats were nourished on standard pelleted diet. Group II rats were nourished with organic chicken meat along with their standard pelleted diet. Group III rats were nourished with broiler chicken meat along with their standard pelleted diet.
 BMI and weight gain were estimated. All variables were calculated as Mean ± SD values. One-way ANOVA was applied to determine the significance among groups followed by Tuckey’s HSD post hoc test. p value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant.
 Results:
 The current study demonstrated significant increase in BMI (p ≤ 0.001) and weight gain (p ≤ 0.001) in both experimental groups as compared to control group.
 Conclusion: 
 Based on the findings of our study we propose that broiler chicken meat consumption could be the probable cause of weight imbalances and out of proportion gain of weight and growth in experimental rats.

Pengaruh Konsumsi Daging Merah terhadap Kejadian Kanker payudara: Tinjauan Pustaka

“…Ayam broiler memiliki 150 sampai 200 gram lemak per-kilogram berat badannya yang merupakan 15-20% lebih banyak lemak dibandingkan dengan ayam kampung. Dari lemak tambahan ini, lebih dari 85% tidak diperlukan secara fisiologis (Khan et al, 2019).…”

“…Bahaya potensial lain yang terkait dengan ayam broiler adalah kenyataan bahwa mereka dijual dan disembelih dalam usia sangat muda. Pada umumnya, ayam broiler dibesarkan dengan pemberian hormon dan antibiotik seperti golongan tetrasiklin (doksisiklin), fluoroquinolon (enrofloxasin) dan aminoglikosida (seperti neomisin), sehingga dapat berbahaya bagi kesehatan manusia (Khan et al, 2019;Mehdi et al, 2018). Sampai saat ini sebagian masyarakat menganggap bahwa konsumsi ayam broiler mungkin tidak aman dan umumnya diyakini sebagai estrogenik dan karsinogenik.…”

“…Hal ini menjadi perhatian yang terus berkembang tidak hanya pada masyarakat umum tetapi juga di kalangan dokter bahwa konsumsi ayam broiler dapat menyebabkan gangguan reproduksi, pubertas dini, hirsutisme, sindrom ovarium polikistik, menarche dini dan menopause, resistensi antibiotik pada sebagian orang dan peningkatan risiko kanker. Sehingga karena hal ini, konsumsi ayam kampung lebih dianjurkan dibandingkan dengan ayam broiler (Khan et al, 2019).…”