Poultry Studies
2015, Vol 12, Num, 2 (Pages: 001-006)
The Effect of Different Dietary Purslane Seed (Portulaca Oleracea L.) Levels on Carcass, Blood Lipid Profile and Antioxidant Activity in Quails
2 Erciyes Üniversitesi, Safiye Çıkrıkçıoğlu Meslek Yüksekokulu, 38039, Kayseri
3 Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, 32010, - This study was carried out to determine the effect of dietary purslane seed (Portulaca oleracea L.) diets on the carcass, serum lipid profile and antioxidant activity in quails. A total of 140 one-day-old quail chicks allocated into 4 treatment groups with 5 replicates. The treatment groups as follows: (1) Control (C, without purslane seed addition), (2) 2.5% purslane seed addition to the control diet, (3) 5% purslane seed addition to the control diet, (4) 10% purslane seed addition to the control diet. The treatments did not affect the slaughter weight, carcass, and carcass part yields (p>0.05) of the birds in the treatment groups. However, the total intestinal weights of the birds in the 2.5% purslane supplemented group were lower than those of the other groups (p<0.05). The concentration of serum triglyceride, cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) were not influenced by the treatments (p>0.05). The dietary inclusion of 10% purslane seed caused an increase to MDA level compared to C and 2.5% purslane seed supplemented groups (p<0.05). The dietary inclusion of 10% purslane seed increased the SOD, CAT, GSH-Px and NO concentrations of the birds fed in C and 2.5 and 5% purslane seed supplemented groups (p<0.05). In conclusion, purslane seed addition to the quail diets may affect serum antioxidant activity without changing the carcass and blood lipid profile. Keywords : Antioxidant activity, carcass, quail, lipid profile, purslane seed
