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Growth performance, meat quality and hematological parameters of broiler chickens fed safflower seed

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The aim of the current study was to determine the effects of dietary supplementation of safflower seed (SS) on the growth performance and hematological parameters of broiler birds along with the physicochemical, textural and sensory attributes of chicken meat. A total of 200 male chickens (7-days-old) were distributed into 5 groups (40 chickens in each) with 5 replicates of 8 chicks in a 42-day experiment. Each group was allocated to one of 5 dietary treatments, i.e., 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10% SS. The experimental diets were formulated for starter (7 to 21 days) and finisher (22 to 42 days) phases. Inclusion of SS in the diet improved growth performances in treatment groups between 7 and 42 days. The highest and lowest body weights were observed at the 5% SS and 0% SS levels, respectively. The physicochemical attributes of breast and thigh meat were found (P > 0.05) except for crude fat. The crude fat was significantly (P < 0.05) increased with increasing levels of SS in the diet. The inclusion of SS in the diet did not negatively impact the textural properties, i.e., hardness, cohesiveness, springiness, gumminess, chewiness, and shear force of breast and thigh meat. There was no significant difference in the sensory parameters of cooked chicken meat with increasing levels of SS in the diet. The results demonstrated a significant (P < 0.01) improvement in hematological parameters in the blood samples of broiler chickens fed diet supplemented with various levels of SS for five weeks. These findings suggest that, SS may be used as an oil seed for broiler chicken feed.

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    Aman Rathaur, Dinesh Chandra Rai, Vikas Patel & Uday Pratap Singh

  2. Department of Food Technology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh, 791112, India

    Ashok Kumar Yadav

  3. Department of A.H. & Dairying, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, 208002, India

    Pankaj Kumar Upadhyay

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Conceptualization: AR, DCR; methodology: AR, AKY; supervision: DCR, PKU; investigation: AR, VP, UPS; writing-original draft: AR, AKY; writing-review and editing: AR, DCR, AKY. All the authors edited, read, and approved the final manuscript.

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Rathaur, A., Rai, D.C., Yadav, A.K. et al. Growth performance, meat quality and hematological parameters of broiler chickens fed safflower seed. Trop Anim Health Prod 56, 89 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-024-03927-x

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