The effect of vitamin E on cellulitis in broiler chickens experiencing scratches in a challenge model.
Avian Dis
; 44(3): 701-5, 2000.
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ABSTRACT
Two experiments are described; each experiment contained five treatments with each treatment consisting of a specific diet and vitamin E at 8.82 mg, 41.89 mg, 74.96 mg, 108.03 mg, or 141.10 mg vitamin E per kilogram of feed. Birds were raised with continuous feed containing the various levels of vitamin E available throughout the experiment. At 4 wk of age, the birds were scratched on the breast and placed onto avian cellulitis Escherichia coli-seeded litter. One week later, the birds were euthanatized and lesion presence was noted. There appeared to be a positive correlation between vitamin E and the inhibition of cellulitis formation when the birds were fed a diet containing 74.96 mg vitamin E/kg feed. Conflicting results were seen in the two experiments when the birds were fed 41.89 and 108.03 mg vitamin E/kg feed. Both experiments had a high incidence of cellulitis in birds whose diets consisted of 141.10 mg vitamin E/kg feed.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças das Aves Domésticas
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Pele
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Vitamina E
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Ferimentos e Lesões
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Celulite (Flegmão)
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Infecções por Escherichia coli
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Avian Dis
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos