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To evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation with polyphenol-rich extract from shredded, steam-exploded pine particles on broiler chicken growth performance, meat quality, and cecal microbiota dynamics.

March 22, 2025Poultry ScienceOpen Access

Impact of dietary polyphenols from shredded, steam-exploded pine on growth performance, organ indices, meat quality, and cecal microbiota of broiler chickens

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CNChris Major NchoGyeongsang National University VGVaishali GuptaGyeongsang National University AGAkshat GoelGyeongsang National University

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Controlled feeding trial reveals pine polyphenol supplementation alters cecal microbiota structure in broiler chickens, indicating targeted microbial modulation with minimal performance effects.

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To evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation with polyphenol-rich extract from shredded, steam-exploded pine particles on broiler chicken growth performance, meat quality, and cecal microbiota dynamics.
Supplemented broiler chickens with increasing concentrations of polyphenol-rich extract from shredded, steam-exploded pine particles (PSPP).
Monitored growth performance, feed conversion ratio (FCR), and meat quality characteristics across the multi-week trial period.
Conducted metataxonomic profiling and microbial co-occurrence network analyses on broiler cecal microbiomes to characterize bacterial composition and community interactions.
PSPP supplementation significantly improved feed conversion ratio through week three of the trial, though overall growth performance and meat quality were only marginally affected.
Dietary PSPP shifted cecal microbial composition by increasing Bacteroidetes (including the genus Alistipes) and decreasing Firmicutes (including Faecalibacterium), identifying 43 unique bacterial species without altering overall alpha diversity.
Microbial co-occurrence network modeling demonstrated reduced interaction density and altered community structure in PSPP-supplemented groups, including the distinct loss of Rikenellaceae and Eubacteriaceae families.

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Ncho et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70e432e5469ee92be1910e https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2025.105088

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Controlled feeding trial reveals pine polyphenol supplementation alters cecal microbiota structure in broiler chickens, indicating targeted microbial modulation with minimal performance effects.

Impact of dietary polyphenols from shredded, steam-exploded pine on growth performance, organ indices, meat quality, and cecal microbiota of broiler chickens

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Impact of dietary polyphenols from shredded, steam-exploded pine on growth performance, organ indices, meat quality, and cecal microbiota of broiler chickens

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