The present study aimed to assess the effect of dietary substitution of @entity1460 meal (SBM) with dehulled-micronized faba bean (Vicia faba var. minor) in guinea fowl broilers on their growth traits, carcass quality, and meat @entity1718 composition. In this trial, 120 day-old guinea fowl keets were randomly assigned to two treatments which were fed from hatch to 12 weeks of age. Birds were fed two @entity3505 middlings-based diets comprising of a control treatment which contained SBM (78.3 g/kg) and a test diet containing dehulled-micronized faba bean (130 g/kg) as the main protein source. Substituting SBM with faba bean had no adverse effect on growth traits, dressing percentage, or breast and thigh muscles relative weight of the guinea fowls. Conversely, a decrease (p<0.05) of abdominal fat was found in guinea fowls fed the faba bean-diet. Breast muscle of birds fed faba bean had higher L* score (p<0.05) and water-holding capacity (p<0.05) than the SBM control diet. Meat from guinea fowls fed faba bean had less total lipids (p<0.05) and @entity165 (p<0.01), and higher concentrations of phospholipids (p<0.01). Feeding faba bean increased @entity5204 concentrations in breast meat and decreased the @entity10194 levels. Moreover, dietary faba bean improved the atherogenic and thrombogenic indexes in guinea fowl breast meat. Results indicated that substitution of SBM with faba bean meal in guinea fowl diet can improve carcass qualitative traits, enhancing also meat lipid profile without negatively affecting growth performance.

Feeding of Dehulled-micronized Faba Bean (Vicia faba var. minor) as Substitute for XXXX Meal in Guinea Fowl Broilers: Effect on Productive Performance and Meat Quality.

@entity5204 :: ('CHEBI:26208', 'Chemical') :: ['polyunsaturated fatty acid'] @entity10194 :: ('CHEBI:26607', 'Chemical') :: ['saturated fatty acid'] @entity1460 :: ('3847', 'Species') :: ['soybean'] @entity3505 :: ('4565', 'Species') :: ['wheat'] @entity1718 :: ('MESH:D005227', 'Chemical') :: ['fatty acids'] @entity165 :: ('MESH:D002784', 'Chemical') :: ['cholesterol']
@entity1460 :: (3847,Species) :: ['Soybean']
