{"id":498,"date":"2018-08-29t15:07:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-29t15:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poultry.mystagingwebsite.com\/?page_id=498"},"modified":"2020-03-20t04:12:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20t04:12:39","slug":"seaweed-in-poultry-diets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.bkpromos.com\/beplayapp网页 \/feeds-and-feeding-of-poultry\/feed-ingredients-for-poultry\/seaweed-in-poultry-diets\/","title":{"rendered":"seaweed in poultry diets"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
written by<\/span><\/i><\/b>: dr. jacquie jacob, university of kentucky<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n seaweeds, which can be used in poultry diets,\u00a0are marine algae, or vegetation of the sea. typically, they are classified as green, brown, or red.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n seaweed farming is common in many coastal areas around the world. the most common use for seaweed is as human food. recently researchers have been looking at the potential of using seaweed in medicine. other products developed from seaweed include fertilizers, skin care products, and animal feed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n to produce seaweed meal for use in animal feed, brown seaweeds are collected, dried, and milled. because much of the protein and carbohydrates in seaweed are not digestible in non-ruminants, the nutritional value of seaweed for poultry is as a source of minerals and vitamins. in norway, where seaweed meal has been produced for animal feeds since the 1960s, seaweed meal is considered to have 30 percent\u00a0of the nutritive value of grains. the minerals in seaweed meal\u00a0include potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, sodium, chlorine, and sulfur as well as the trace elements (elements required in trace amounts) zinc, cobalt, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, tin, vanadium, fluorine, and iodine. the mineral content of some seaweeds represents 30 percent\u00a0of the dry matter weight. the vitamins in seaweed meal\u00a0include ascorbic acid, tocopherols, and some b vitamins.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n seaweed meal can be added to poultry diets in a ratio of up to 5 to 15 percent\u00a0of the diet, depending on the species of seaweed and the species and age of the animal. one use of seaweed in the diet is as a pellet binder\u2014including seaweed as up to 3 percent\u00a0of the diet improves the hardness of the pellet. with duck diets, brown seaweeds can be included as up to 12 percent of the starter diet and up to 15 percent of the finisher diet without adversely affecting growth performance or meat quality. in addition, some research shows that feeding seaweed meal and sardine oil together to chickens results in reduced levels of egg cholesterol and increased omega-3 fatty acid levels with no adverse effect on taste.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n besides seaweed meal, other forms of seaweed can be beneficial to animals. for example, intact brown seaweed, as well as seaweed extracts, have been shown to promote prebiotic activity in pigs. prebiotic compounds are indigestible compounds that stimulate the growth and\/or activity of beneficial microorganisms in the digestive tract. growth or activity of these microorganisms, in turn, has health benefits for the animal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n