Computational histomorphometry of broiler chickens organs submitted to two distinct feeds: chelated minerals and not chelated minerals diet. / Morfometria computacional de órgãos de frangos de corte submetidos a duas dietas distintas: suplementação mineral quelada versus suplementação mineral tradicional

AUTOR(ES)

Rafael Carvalho de Oliveira

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

This research studied the influence of chelated minerals in broilers chickens nutrition as well as the constitution and morphology of bone, liver and intestine of these animals, by means of the utilization of mathematical and computational techniques including computer vision, pattern recognition and statistical analysis. Additionally, the immunological response of the tested birds was investigated by using the haemagglutination inhibition test for Newcastle disease. We also measured the percentage of bone ash in dry and defatted bone in each handling with the purpose of comparing these results to those of images analysis. A factorial experiment was carried out, considering as factors sex, male and female, and kind of feed, while considering chelated minerals versus traditional minerals. The broilers were lodged in the Fazenda do Glória - FUNDAP-UFU experimental farm and, during this period, the performance indices of each group were estimated. At 49 days of age, the birds were sacrificed for collection of organs for histomorphometry and verification of the carcass. The obtained histological images were submitted to computational techniques analyses including some developed by the Cybernetic Vision Group of the Instituto de Física de São Carlos-USP. The results showed that the variables checked were diversely affected by the treatments. Better results were observed for treated males, with poorer performance obtained for treated females, except for intestinal microscopy and the quantification of the liver degeneration. Regarding intestinal microscopy, the treated males and females presented the best results. In which concerns the second variable, the results were similar between males and females, but in that case the groups that received chelated minerals presented bigger liver degeneration area than the control groups. Therefore, it was possible to conclude that the use of chelated minerals, according to the proposed breeder plan, was positive only for male broilers. Such evidence implies that, in the studies of chelated minerals, male and females should receive differentiated attention, having in mind that they respond differently to the products.

ASSUNTO(S)

frangos de corte histomorfometria computacional computational histomorphometry performance and immune response chelated minerals broiler chickens desempenho e resposta imune. minerais quelatados

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