Selenium requirement of growing male turkeys
Selenium requirement of growing male turkeys
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DOI:
10.1080/00071660802337258
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
Pallauf, J.
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作者:
Fischer, J.;Bosse, A.;Pallauf, J.
1. The aim of the experiment was to estimate the selenium requirement of growing male turkeys using the selenium concentrations in different organs and blood plasma and by fitting a continuous broken line to the activity of glutathione peroxidase in liver and plasma.2. Newly hatched male BUT BIG 6 turkeys were fed either on the selenium deficient basal soybean-maize diets (selenium 0010mg/kg diet) adapted to the NRC (1994) and GfE (2004) recommendations for growing turkeys from 0 to 2 weeks (prestarter diet) and 3 to 5 weeks (starter diet) or the basal diets supplemented with 010, 015, 020, 025, 030, 035 or 040mg selenium/kg diet as sodium selenate. Vitamin E was supplemented adequately in all diets.3. After 5 weeks the weight in all groups (mean 2568g) exceeded the expectations for the genotype investigated. Feed consumption and weight gain were however significantly reduced in the group receiving the selenium-deficient diet.4. After 2 and 5 weeks selenium concentration and activity of glutathione peroxidase in the plasma and the organs examined were greatly influenced by selenium supplementation.5. Under the conditions investigated, 030mg Se/kg diet was necessary for fast-growing male turkeys to ensure maximum selenium accumulation in the organs examined and maximum glutathione peroxidase activity in plasma and liver.