Morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens (Pazo de Vilane) supplemented with Curcuma longa
Abstract The breeding and exploitation of chickens at the backyard or commercial family level is an activity of great economic relevance for families in Ecuador. In addition to providing protein of high biological value for food security, it revalues local food resources that could provide productiv...
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| author | D. F. Maldonado Arias J. M. Mira-Naranjo D. I. Cajamarca Carrazco J. I. García-Guerra M. F. Baquero-Tapia M. E. Sánchez-Salazar E. M. Melendres-Medina A. N. Montalvan-Cobo S. A. Guamán-Rivera |
| author_facet | D. F. Maldonado Arias J. M. Mira-Naranjo D. I. Cajamarca Carrazco J. I. García-Guerra M. F. Baquero-Tapia M. E. Sánchez-Salazar E. M. Melendres-Medina A. N. Montalvan-Cobo S. A. Guamán-Rivera |
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| description | Abstract The breeding and exploitation of chickens at the backyard or commercial family level is an activity of great economic relevance for families in Ecuador. In addition to providing protein of high biological value for food security, it revalues local food resources that could provide productive benefits. With this objective, a study has been conducted in order to explore the effect of C. longa flour on the final weight as well as morphometric characteristics of the organs of female chickens. Therefore, a total of 200 birds were randomly distributed into four homogeneous groups, being Control, basal diet only, followed by T1, basal diet + 1 g/d, T2, basal diet + 2 g/d and T3, basal diet + 3 g/d of C. longa. The data analyzed under a general linear model yielded that including C. longa between 1 or 2 g/d did not differ in the final weight compared to the control (2763 ± 28 g, on average; P < 0.32). In the morphometry of the upper organs, T1 indicated a shorter length of the esophagus (3.7 ± 0.5 mm; P < 0.002) and gizzard (4.9 ± 0.3 mm), but with a larger heart than the other treatments (P < 0.02). In addition, differences were evident in the liver, gallbladder and cecum (P = 0.01 to 0.001) that were more marked when C. longa was administered between 1 or 2 g/d. In conclusion, supplementation of female chickens with C. longa proved to be a potential option to have greater final weights with important findings in the morphometric characteristics that could improve different aspects of their development, productivity and well-being. Therefore, more studies at the level of immunology and histology are recommended to support the benefits of C. longa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ad8f7c46206542d8a97ecb68d8947cf92025-02-04T07:37:58ZengInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology1678-43752025-01-018410.1590/1519-6984.285702Morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens (Pazo de Vilane) supplemented with Curcuma longaD. F. Maldonado Ariashttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3253-2103J. M. Mira-Naranjohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8202-8685D. I. Cajamarca Carrazcohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-0490J. I. García-Guerrahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6800-7768M. F. Baquero-Tapiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3331-528XM. E. Sánchez-Salazarhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-812XE. M. Melendres-Medinahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0234-9594A. N. Montalvan-Cobohttps://orcid.org/0009-0009-4686-1352S. A. Guamán-Riverahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8699-0655Abstract The breeding and exploitation of chickens at the backyard or commercial family level is an activity of great economic relevance for families in Ecuador. In addition to providing protein of high biological value for food security, it revalues local food resources that could provide productive benefits. With this objective, a study has been conducted in order to explore the effect of C. longa flour on the final weight as well as morphometric characteristics of the organs of female chickens. Therefore, a total of 200 birds were randomly distributed into four homogeneous groups, being Control, basal diet only, followed by T1, basal diet + 1 g/d, T2, basal diet + 2 g/d and T3, basal diet + 3 g/d of C. longa. The data analyzed under a general linear model yielded that including C. longa between 1 or 2 g/d did not differ in the final weight compared to the control (2763 ± 28 g, on average; P < 0.32). In the morphometry of the upper organs, T1 indicated a shorter length of the esophagus (3.7 ± 0.5 mm; P < 0.002) and gizzard (4.9 ± 0.3 mm), but with a larger heart than the other treatments (P < 0.02). In addition, differences were evident in the liver, gallbladder and cecum (P = 0.01 to 0.001) that were more marked when C. longa was administered between 1 or 2 g/d. In conclusion, supplementation of female chickens with C. longa proved to be a potential option to have greater final weights with important findings in the morphometric characteristics that could improve different aspects of their development, productivity and well-being. Therefore, more studies at the level of immunology and histology are recommended to support the benefits of C. longa.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842024000101359&lng=en&tlng=encurcumafeed additivessmallholderspoultry |
| spellingShingle | D. F. Maldonado Arias J. M. Mira-Naranjo D. I. Cajamarca Carrazco J. I. García-Guerra M. F. Baquero-Tapia M. E. Sánchez-Salazar E. M. Melendres-Medina A. N. Montalvan-Cobo S. A. Guamán-Rivera Morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens (Pazo de Vilane) supplemented with Curcuma longa Brazilian Journal of Biology curcuma feed additives smallholders poultry |
| title | Morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens (Pazo de Vilane) supplemented with Curcuma longa |
| title_full | Morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens (Pazo de Vilane) supplemented with Curcuma longa |
| title_fullStr | Morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens (Pazo de Vilane) supplemented with Curcuma longa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens (Pazo de Vilane) supplemented with Curcuma longa |
| title_short | Morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens (Pazo de Vilane) supplemented with Curcuma longa |
| title_sort | morphometric characteristics of organs of female chickens pazo de vilane supplemented with curcuma longa |
| topic | curcuma feed additives smallholders poultry |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842024000101359&lng=en&tlng=en |
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