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Provedor de dados: | 89
País: | Brazil
Título: | Improved Antioxidant Capacity and Immune Function of Broiler Chickens Fed with Selenium-enriched Candida utilis
Autores: | Wang,D; Wang,D; Pu,L; Wei,G.
Data: | 2020-01-01
Ano: | 2020
Palavras-chave: | Antioxidant capacity; Broiler chickens; Glutathione; Immune function; Selenium-enriched Candida utilis.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the effect of selenium-enriched Candida utilis with high contents of organic selenium (Se) and glutathione (GSH) on growth performance, antioxidant capacity and immune function of broiler chickens. A total of 100 healthy 7-day-old male broiler chickens were randomly divided into 5 groups, and fed diets supplemented with (a) Na2SeO3, (b) C. utilis, (c) Se-enriched Saccharomyces cerevisiae, (d) Se-enriched C. utilis, and (e) the control without any supplements. The experiment lasted for 6 weeks and parameters were recorded on day 42. No significant differences in average daily gain were found among the 5 groups. However, Se-enriched C. utilis supplemented in the diet increased activities of glutathione peroxidase in the whole blood (p&lt;0.01), catalase in the serum (p&lt;0.01) and breast meat (p&lt;0.01), and superoxide dismutase in the breast meat (p&lt;0.01), as well as decreased contents of malondialdehyde in the serum (p&lt;0.01), liver (p&lt;0.01) and breast meat (p&lt;0.05). Also, Se-enriched C. utilis improved titers of IgG (p&lt;0.01), IgM (p&lt;0.01), and IgA (p&lt;0.01) in the serum, as compared to the control. All these results indicated that Se-enriched C. utilis was a good candidate of dietary supplement to improve the antioxidant capacity and immune function of broiler chickens.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2020000200314
Editor: | Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
Relação: | 10.1590/1806-9061-2019-1047
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science  v.22 n.2 2020
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess