Dietary supplementation with Dunaliella salina microalga promotes quail growth by altering lipid profile and immunity

• DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103591
• Publication Date: 2024-02-27T17:01:25Z
• Authors: Mahmoud Alagawany; Antonia Lestingi; Hagar A. Abdelzaher; Shaaban S. Elnesr; Mahmoud Madkour; Farouk K. El-Baz; Haifa E. Alfassam; Hassan A. Rudayni; Ahmed A. Allam; Mohamed E. Abd El...
• Keywords: Dunaliella salina; Dunaliella

The goals of the current research are to ascertain impacts Dunaliella salina (DS) on quail growth, carcass criteria, liver and kidney functions, lipid profile, immune response. Two hundred forty 7-day-old chicks were divided equally into 4 separate groups with 6 replicates 10 birds each. as follows: 1) control diet (the basal feed without DS), 2) enriched 0.25 g DS/kg, 3) 0.50 4) 1.00 DS/kg. Results elucidated that which consumed 0.5 1 DS/kg performed better than other in terms live body weight (LBW), gain (BWG), conversion ratio (FCR). There no significant changes intake (FI) characteristics due different dietary DS levels. Compared group, DS-treated had profile (low total cholesterol LDL values high HDL values) response (complement 3 values). quails feeds levels greater (P < 0.038) C3 compared control. Adding lowered blood concentrations triglycerides protein (TP) values. level (1 g/kg) higher albumin lower AST 0.05). creatinine at lowest group feed. No > 0.05) demonstrated among experimental ALT, urea, lysozyme In conclusion, adding D. growing diets enhanced system, function.