Effect of feeding T-2 toxin contaminated feed on the utilisation of vitamin E in chickens.
Acta Vet Hung
; 55(1): 21-7, 2007 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-17385553
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of experimental T-2 toxin load (2.35 mg/kg of feed) and vitamin E supply in the drinking water (10.5 mg/bird/day) on vitamin E levels of the blood plasma and liver in broiler chickens in a 14-day experiment. It was found that T-2 toxin load did not influence vitamin E content of the blood plasma except at day 3 after the toxin load when a moderate increase was detected in plasma vitamin E. No significant changes were found in vitamin E content of the liver. The simultaneous use of high-dose vitamin E supplementation and T-2 toxin load caused a significantly higher plasma vitamin E content but the changes were less expressed in the group subjected to T-2 toxin load. Vitamin E supply also resulted in a marked and significant increase in vitamin E concentrations of the liver on days 3 and 7 even in the T-2 loaded group, but this concentration significantly decreased thereafter. The results show that T-2 contamination of the diet has an adverse effect on the utilisation of vitamin E in broiler chickens.
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Assunto principal:
Doenças das Aves Domésticas
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Toxina T-2
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Vitamina E
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Galinhas
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Ração Animal
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Antioxidantes
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Vet Hung
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Hungria