Vet Med - Czech, 2001, 46(5):140-144 | DOI: 10.17221/7870-VETMED

Protective role of supplemental vitamin E on lipid peroxidation, vitamins E, A and some mineral concentrations of broilers reared under heat stressOriginal Paper

K. Sahin, N. Sahin, M. Onderci, S. Yaralioglu, O. Kucuk
1 Department of Animal Nutrition, Veterinary Faculty, University of Firat, Elazig, Turkey
2 Veterinary Control and Research Institute, Elazig, Turkey
3 Department of Biochemistry, Veterinary Faculty, University of Firat, Elazig, Turkey

An experiment utilizing Cobb-500 male broilers was conducted to evaluate the effects of vitamin E supplementation at various concentrations on malonyldialdehyde (MDA) as an indicator of lipid peroxidation, serum and liver concentrations of antioxidant vitamins and some minerals of broilers reared under heat stress (32°C). One day-old 150 male broilers were randomly assigned to 5 treatment groups, 3 replicates of 10 birds each. The birds received either a basal diet or basal diet supplemented with vitamin E (dl-a-tocopherol acetate) at 62.5, 125, 250, or 500 mg/kg of diet. Increased supplemental vitamin E linearly increased serum vitamin E and A, but decreased (P = 0.001) MDA concentrations. Increasing dietary vitamin E supplementation also resulted in linear increases in liver vitamin E and A concentrations, but linear decreases in MDA concentrations (P = 0.01). Increasing dietary vitamin E caused a linear increase in serum concentrations of Fe and Zn (P= 0.001), but a decrease in serum concentration of Cu (P = 0.001). Results of the present study conclude that in broiler chicks reared under heat stress a 250 mg of vitamin E supplementation can be considered as a protective management practice in a broiler diet, reducing the negative effects of heat stress.

Keywords: malonyldialdehyde; vitamin A; vitamin E; Fe, Zn, Cu

Published: May 31, 2001  Show citation

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Sahin K, Sahin N, Onderci M, Yaralioglu S, Kucuk O. Protective role of supplemental vitamin E on lipid peroxidation, vitamins E, A and some mineral concentrations of broilers reared under heat stress. Vet Med-Czech. 2001;46(5):140-144. doi: 10.17221/7870-VETMED.
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