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Volume 18(3): 238-246, 2014. Redacted 2017.
Effect of vitamin E and selenium supplements on
performance, egg quality and blood biochemistry in Lohman LSL-Lite laying hens.
Mehran Torki1, Mohsen Akbari1,
Nasroallah Moradi Kor2
1Department of
Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Razi,
Kermanshah, 2Young Researchers and Elite Club, Kerman Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran.
ABSTRACT
Torki M, Akbari M, Moradi Kor N., Effect of vitamin
E and selenium supplements on performance, egg quality and blood biochemistry
in Lohman LSL-Lite laying hens, Onl J Vet Res., 18(3): 238-246, 2014. Effects of diet
supplementation with vitamin E and selenium on performance, egg quality and blood
biochemistry in laying hens is described.
Six replicate cages of 6 hens each were treated as follows: controls
without vitamin E or selenium (C); controls with 50 mg vitamin E with 0.11 mg
selenium;75 mg vitamin E with 0.165 mg selenium and
100 mg vitamin E with 0.22 mg selenium (VS3). After 42 days birds were bled for
blood biochemistry. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) SAS.
Productive performance was not affected by dietary treatments but 100 mg
vitamin E with 0.22 mg of selenium increased egg shell thickness. Serum triglycerides,
cholesterol, LDL-C (low density lipoprotein) declined whereas total protein or
HDL-C (high density lipoprotein) increased in hens fed vitamin E and selenium.
The results suggest that diet supplementation of high levels of vitamin E and
selenium could have beneficial effects on shell thickness and blood biochemistry
in laying hens.
Key words: Antioxidants,
performance, blood parameters, shell thickness, laying hens.
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