ArticlePoultry science2026
Effects of graded dietary levels of microalgae on growth performance, fatty acid composition, and meat quality in broilers.
Article in Poultry science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study investigated the dose-dependent effects of two microalgae, Chlorella vulgaris and Schizochytrium limacinum, on broiler performance, health parameters, and product quality. A total of 280 mixed-sex Ross 308 broilers were randomly allotted to seven dietary treatments (five replicates, eight birds/replicate) for 35 days. A control group (CON) received a basal diet without algae. Three groups received the basal diet supplemented with Chlorella vulgaris at 0.5% (C0.5), 1.0% (C1.0), or 2.0% (C2.0), and three groups received Schizochytrium limacinum at 0.25% (S0.25), 0.5% (S0.5), or 1.0% (S1.0). Feed intake, body weight, foot pad health, intestinal morphology, and serum immunology were monitored. At day 36, birds were sampled for serum and liver fatty acid analysis and meat quality assessment. Final body weight and average daily gain were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in C0.5 (2526 g; 71.0 g/d) than in CON (2230 g; 62.5 g/d), a 13.3% improvement. Schizochytrium limacinum supplementation profoundly and dose-dependently altered fatty acid profiles: serum docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) was nearly nine-fold higher in S1.0 (161 µg/mL) than in CON (18.3 µg/mL), while arachidonic acid was lower (138 vs. 206 µg/mL). Liver DHA showed a similar pattern (6.21 vs. 0.80 g/kg dry matter). The S0.5 group showed enhanced humoral immune response to Newcastle Disease Virus vaccination (100% vs. 66.7% seropositivity in CON). Breast meat from C2.0 exhibited significantly higher yellowness (b*: 17.0 vs. 6.50 in CON), attributed to carotenoid deposition. Foot pad health and intestinal morphology were unaffected across treatments. In conclusion, low-dose Chlorella vulgaris (0.5%) improved growth performance, while Schizochytrium limacinum efficiently enriched tissues with omega-3 fatty acids in a dose-dependent manner. These findings demonstrate distinct and complementary applications of these microalgae as functional feed ingredients for targeted improvements in poultry production and product quality.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.