Table 2 Additional articles investigating the effect of SB on broiler overall quality
From: Potential of sea buckthorn-based ingredients for the food and feed industry – a review
Reference | Product | Parameters evaluated | Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
Ma et al. (2015) | Diet supplementation during 42 days with flavones from SB fruits at 0,05, 0,10 or 0,15% of the total daily intake | Growth performance, carcass quality, fat deposition, and lipid metabolism | Supplementation of flavones from SB fruits at all ranges leads to an improved daily gain and final body weight. Intramuscular fat content in thigh and breast tissue was higher in broilers fed with flavones from SB fruits, yet abdominal fat percentage was significantly reduced in these groups when compared to control. |
Kang et al. (2015) | Ad libitum diet supplemented with 0,1% vitamin C; 0,1% SB; 0,5% SB and 1% SB for 4 weeks | Egg production, feed conversion ratio, intake, egg weight, carcass yield, partial ratio (breast and neck), level of leukocytes, and erythrocytes. In addition, they measured DM, crude protein, crude fat, and crude ash as proximate analysis, and meat color, water holding capacity, cooking loss, and fatty acid concentrations. | Supplementation of SB in old laying hens for 4 weeks resulted in increased intake and increased partial ratio (breast/neck) only in 0.5% SB-fed hens. Egg weight was higher in basal and vitamin C-fed hen group. Other measured parameters did not show significant differences between groups. |
Ben-Mahmoud et al. (2014) | Broilers included in the study were classified into 3 groups and were fed with diets supplemented with either natural color “Avizant Yellow 20S”, 5% of SB fruit residues, or with no supplement (control). | Total weight, intake and feed conversion rate, health and mortality, dressing percentage, skin color, and metabolizable energy. | Broilers fed with 5% supplemented SB fruit residues diet showed a higher pigmentation of their skin. Weight was higher during the starter and grower diets when the diet was supplemented with SB fruit residues but lower at the finisher stage when compared to the control group. Skin pigmentation, final live weight, and feed conversion were surprisingly higher in the group fed with the colorant when compared to both other groups. |