ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Effect of Dietary Blue-Green Microalgae Inclusion as a Replacement to Soybean Meal on Laying Hens' Performance, Egg Quality, Plasma Metabolites, and Hematology.
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- Effects of microalgae supplementation on performance, egg quality, yolk fatty acid levels, and blood parameters in laying hens: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
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- CRISPR-enhanced microalgae biosynthesis: a promising approach for future functional feed ingredients.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Review
- The impact of Spirulina platensis supplementation on performance and immune response in laying hens.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Microalgae Applications in the Agricultural and Food Sector: Towards a Sustainable Future.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Microalgae: An Exciting Alternative Protein Source and Nutraceutical for the Poultry Sector.Food science of animal resources · 2025Review
- The Effects of Replacing Soybean Meal withAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Enhancing Laying Hens' Performance, Egg Quality, Shelf Life during Storage, and Blood Biochemistry withVeterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Role of Nannochloropsis Oculata supplement in improving performance, antioxidant status, blood metabolites, and egg quality of laying hens under hot environmental conditions.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Microalgae as an Alternative Mineral Source in Poultry Nutrition.Veterinary sciences · 2024Review
- Effects of Curcumin on the Egg Quality and Hepatic Lipid Metabolism of Laying Hens.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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Abstract
Spirulina platensisis (SP) is a blue-green microalgae with a high value for animal and poultry nutrition. The study employed 250 40-week-old, HY-Line W-36 commercial laying hens. The layers received one of five experimental diet substitutes in five groups for 10 consecutive weeks (five replicates of 10 hens each group); a soybean-corn basal diet formulation without SP (Control group) or the soybean partially substituted with 3% SP, 6% SP, 9% SP, and 12% SP (for the remaining four groups). The results showed that dietary SP treatment significantly (p < 0.05) improved the productive performance, egg quality, blood metabolites, and hematological parameters of laying hens. In addition, there were linear and quadratic effects for increasing the levels of SP inclusion into the layer diets; however, the highest values of most parameters were observed when using 9% SP (90 g/kg of the layer diets). Furthermore, the results showed that 4.7% of the soybean meal ingredient in the layer diet could be replaced by 1% of SP. In conclusion, the partial replacement of soybean meal by SP into layer diets could be used as a promising nutritional approach to optimize the performance of laying hens.
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