Potential use of cowpea protein hydrolysate as a dietary supplement in broiler chickens: effects on growth, intestinal morphology, muscle lipid profile, and immune status

Faculty Veterinary Medicine Year: 2023
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Journal: Italian Journal Of Animal Science Informa UK (Taylor & Francis) Volume:
Keywords : Potential , , cowpea protein hydrolysate , , dietary supplement    
Abstract:
In the current study, we tested the effects of dietary cowpea protein hydrolysate (CPH) on broilers’ growth, carcase traits, intestinal histomorphology, The fatty acid profile of breast muscle, blood biochemical parameters, and immune status. Three-day age male Ross-308 broilers (n ¼300, aver-age weight 86.72 g ± 0.20) were distributed into five groups and fed on five diets supplied with five levels of CPH at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 g kg−1 for 35 days. The results revealed that dietary CPH did not change (P <0.05) the broilers’ growth performance or carcase traits, except for a quadratic decrease (P <0.05) in FCR at concentrations 2 and 4 g kg−1 during the finisher period. The villus heights (VH) and goblet cell count (GCC) were increased (P <0.05) in the duodenum and jejunum; however, the villus width decreased (P <0.05) in the duodenum without showing changes (P <0.05) in the jejunum and ileum. Dietary supplementation with 6 g CPH kg−1 increased (P <0.05) the duodenal crypt depth (CD). Dietary supplementation with 8 g CPH kg −1 increased the VH: CD in the duodenum compared to the control; nevertheless, a quadratic (P <0.05) change was reported in the jejunum. The VH: CD did not change (P <0.05) in the ileum; however, dietary supplementation with 6 CPH kg−1 increased (P <0.05) the ileal VH and GCC. The inclusion of CPH led to a linear (P <0.05) increase in the total n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), n-6 PUFA, and n-3/n-6 PUFA in broilers’ breast muscle. An increase in the assessed metabolic and immune status indices was reported, as evidenced by increases (P <0.05) in thyroid hormones, growth hor-mone, total protein, albumin, globulin, lysozymes, interferon-gamma, interleukin10, and comple-ment 3 serum levels. However, the serum glucose and leptin levels did not show significant (p >0.05) changes in response to dietary CPH. Moreover, the dietary CPH levels 4–8 g kg−1 upregu-lated the immunostaining of IgG in the spleen of these groups. These findings suggested that including CPH in broiler diets could be an effective candidate for modulating the chickens’ meta-bolic and immune status; however, it had no increased effect on broiler growth.
   
     
 
       

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