The effect of dietary colostrum powder on performance, carcass yields and serum lipid peroxidation levels in Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Abstract

Colostrum is a nutrient-dense fluid secreted by female mammals for the first few days following birth. Colostrum can be supplemented to poultry diets as a feed additive due to its nutritious and performance-enhancing properties. This study was conducted to determine the effect of dietary colostrum powder (CL-P, Alpha Lipid Lifeline Colostrum, New Zealand) on growing performance, carcass weight and yield, organ weights, serum vitamins and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). A total of 90 birds, one day old, were divided into 3 groups consisting of 6 replicate cages, 5 birds per cage. Birds were randomly fed on one of three diets: basal diet and basal diet supplemented with 2.5% or 5% of CL-P. At the end of the period of 42 days, CL-P supplementation increased final body weight (P < .0001), weight gain (P < .0001), feed intake (P = .03), feed efficiency (P < .0001), carcass weight (P < .0001) and carcass yield (P < .01). Amounts of serum MDA (P < .001) levels also increased with increasing supplemental CL-P. As a result, growth performance can be improved and serum lipid peroxidation can effectively be attenuated by dietary CL-P supplementation at 5% of diets in Japanese quail.

Use of clinic refractometer at farm as a tool to estimate the IgG content in goat colostrum

“…Colostrum feeding will provide enough IgG to the neonate goat kid until his immune system will be able to generate it by himself (Moretti et al 2013). Also, colostrum has been used as a supplement in other species (Akdemir et al 2018). An adequate colostrum feed is related with positive repercussions on growth, health and a reduction in mortality rate (Arguello et al 2004;Furman-Fratczak et al 2011;Nagyova et al 2017).…”

Bıldırcınlarda Sıvı Kolostrumun Büyüme Performansı, Karkas Verimi, Seruloplazmin, Sialik Asit ve Bazı Antioksidan Düzeyleri Üzerine Etkisi

“…In a previous research, we found that the addition of powdered colostrum increased final body weight, body weight gain, cumulative feed intake, cold carcass weight, cold carcass yield, and decreased feed efficiency in quails [19] . Similarly, in the present study we observed that LiqC supplementation increased body weight gain, and decreased feed efficiency in quails with increasing dietary LiqC supplementation for 42 days of the experimental period.…”

Insights into the Research Trends on Bovine Colostrum: Beneficial Health Perspectives with Special Reference to Manufacturing of Functional Foods and Feed Supplements

“…Increased consumer demand for foods that promote nutrition and health encourages food manufacturers and researchers to innovate safe and cost-effective food that can provide multiple benefits in a single entity [ 69 ]. Consequently, bovine colostrum (BC) and its derivatives have attracted researchers to use their biologically active constituents to make functional food and feed supplements [ 28 ]. BC is widely used as a food and feed supplement, and it is regarded as safe from a toxicological point of view [ 70 ].…”

“…Besides the aforementioned, researchers across the globe continuously focus on formulating feed with bioactive constituents for Aves. A recent study examining the supplementation effect of BC powder on the performance, serum lipid peroxidation level, and carcass yield in Japanese quail was conducted by Akdemir et al [ 28 ]. For the experiment, Japanese quail ( n = 90) were divided into three subgroups and supplemented with a basal diet, a basal diet with 2.5% BC powder, and a basal diet with 5% BC powder for 42 days.…”

“…The isolated, purified, or transformed constituents from BC are further exploited as a functional ingredient in the manufacture of a wide range of dietary supplements with many medicinal uses [ 24 , 25 ]. Recently, the approaches of exploring BC-based feed for feeding fish [ 26 ], broiler chickens [ 27 ], and birds [ 28 ] have been reported in the literature, and it has been demonstrated to be successful in delivering a suitable high protein content for overall body composition. Scientific evidence from placebo-controlled clinical trials indicates that BC components have a wide range of pharmacological uses in the prevention and pretreatment of acute and chronic diseases [ 29 , 30 ].…”