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Effect of match or mismatch of maternal–offspring nutritional environment on the development of offspring in broiler chickens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2010

E. H. van der Waaij ,
H. van den Brand ,
J. A. M. van Arendonk  and
B. Kemp
E. H. van der Waaij
Affiliation:
Adaptation and Physiology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700AH Wageningen, The Netherlands Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
H. van den Brand
Affiliation:
Adaptation and Physiology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
J. A. M. van Arendonk
Affiliation:
Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
B. Kemp*
Affiliation:
Adaptation and Physiology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
*
†E-mail: Bas.Kemp@wur.nl
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Abstract

In mammals, maternal food restriction around conception and during pregnancy results in low birth weight and an adjusted growth trajectory of offspring. If, subsequently, the offspring are born into a food-abundant environment, they are at increased risk of developing obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and renal dysfunction. Here, we show similar effects of maternal undernutrition on hatch weight, growth and fat deposition in offspring of birds (domestic chicken). Both mothers and offspring were fed either ad libitum or restricted in a two-by-two factorial design, resulting in two matched and two mismatched maternal–offspring nutritional environments. Offspring of ad libitum mothers grew heavier than those of restricted mothers, possibly due to the larger muscle mass. Ad libitum-fed offspring, especially females, of restricted mothers were lighter at hatch, and were heavier and had more abdominal fat at 6 weeks of age than daughters of ad libitum-fed mothers. These results suggest a common mechanism in mammals and birds in response to a mismatch in the maternal–offspring nutritional environment. They also indicate that the common practice of restrictive feeding of the broiler breeders and subsequent ad libitum feeding of the broilers may result in reduced growth and increased abdominal fat as compared to broilers of less restricted broiler breeders.

Keywords

maternal effectbroilermismatchoffspring developmentchicken
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animal , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , 04 April 2011 , pp. 741 - 748
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2010

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