Taurine amino acid supplementation impacts performance, blood hematology, oxidative stress, and jejunum morphology in broiler chickens.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to investigate the effects of dietary taurine supplementation on performance, blood hematology, oxidative stress, and jejunum morphology in broilers.
Results Summary
Taurine supplementation improved body weight gain, feed consumption, and feed conversion ratio, reduced oxidative stress, and enhanced jejunum morphology, with the highest dose (6 g/kg) showing the best results.
Population
Broilers (Ras 308, 1 day of age)
Effective Dosage
1, 3, and 6 g/kg taurine amino acid added to the basic diet
Duration
45 days
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dietary taurine supplementation | increase | body weight gain (BWG) | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | improved | #1 |
dietary taurine supplementation | increase | feed consumption (FC) | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | improved | #2 |
dietary taurine supplementation | decrease | feed conversion ratio (FCR) | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | improved | #3 |
dietary taurine supplementation | neutral | red blood cell (RBC) count | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | significantly different | #4 |
dietary taurine supplementation | neutral | average hemoglobin in the cell | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | significantly different | #5 |
dietary taurine supplementation | neutral | RBC width in the curve | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | significantly different | #6 |
dietary taurine supplementation | neutral | hematocrit | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | significantly different | #7 |
6 g/kg taurine addition to the diet | decrease | oxidative stress | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | showed the lowest | #8 |
6 g/kg taurine addition to the diet | increase | villus length | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | showed the best performance | #9 |
6 g/kg taurine addition to the diet | increase | villus width | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | showed the best performance | #10 |
6 g/kg taurine addition to the diet | increase | villus length to crypt depth (V/C) ratio | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | showed the best performance | #11 |
6 g/kg taurine addition to the diet | decrease | oxidative stress | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | reduced | #12 |
6 g/kg taurine addition to the diet | increase | jejunum morphology | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | positive features | #13 |
6 g/kg taurine addition to the diet | increase | functional traits | broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) | - | improving | #14 |
Excess levels of free radicals cause oxidative damage to cells. Taurine is a rare amino acid with antioxidant effects whose dietary deficiency increases oxidative damage to the cell membrane. To investigate the effects of dietary taurine supplementation on performance, blood hematology, oxidative stress, and jejunum morphology in broilers, 300 broilers (Ras 308, 1D of age) were randomly allocated into 4 groups with 5 replicates of 15 birds. The experimental treatments included basic diet (control treatment) and basic diet with 1, 3, and 6 g/kg taurine amino acid. During 1 to 45 days, the inclusion of taurine supplementation in diets improved the body weight gain (BWG), feed consumption (FC), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of broilers (P < 0.05). In CBC tests, the experimental treatments were significantly different concerning the red blood cell (RBC) count, the average hemoglobin in the cell, the RBC width in the curve, and the hematocrit (P < 0.05). Despite the significance of oxidative stress among the treatments, the control and fourth treatments showed the highest and the lowest oxidative stress, respectively (P < 0.05). Also, in jejunum morphology, the fourth treatment showed the best performance in terms of villus length and width and the villus length to crypt depth (V/C) ratio (P < 0.05). Overall, 6 g/kg taurine addition to the diet reduced oxidative stress and positive features in the jejunum morphology while improving the functional traits of broilers.