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Supplementation with Organic or Inorganic Selenium in Heat-distressed Quail

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The present study was carried out to determine the effects of different sources of selenium (Se; sodium selenite [Na2SeO3] or selenomethionine [Se-Met]) supplementation on egg production, egg quality, levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), and Se in serum and egg yolk in heat-stressed Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). The birds (n = 360; 55 days old) were randomly assigned to 12 treatment groups consisting of six replicates of five birds each in a 2 × 2 × 3 factorial arrangement of treatments (temperatures, selenium sources, selenium levels). Birds were kept in wire cages in a temperature-controlled room at either 22 (thermoneutral) or 34°C (heat stress) for 8 h/day (09:00–17:00; till the end of study) and fed a basal (control) diet or the basal diet supplemented with either 0.15 or 0.30 mg of Na2SeO3 or selenomethionine/kg of diet. Heat exposure decreased live weight, feed intake, feed efficiency, egg production, and egg quality when basal diet was fed (P < 0.0001). A linear increase in feed intake (P = 0.001) and body weight (P = 0.001), egg production (P = 0.001), and improvement in feed efficiency (P = 0.001) and egg quality (P = 0.001) were found in Se-supplemented quail reared under heat stress conditions. Serum, egg white, and egg yolk Se (P ≤ 0.001) concentrations increased linearly, whereas serum, liver, and egg yolk MDA concentrations decreased linearly (P = 0.001) as dietary Na2SeO3 or Se-Met supplementation increased. An interaction between dietary Se sources, temperature, and levels of supplementation (P ≤ 0.05) for these parameters was detected. Supplementation with Se improved egg production, egg quality, and antioxidant status of birds, and the effects of Se-Met were relatively greater than Na2SeO3 in heat-stressed quail. Results of the present study suggest that supplementation with Se-Met can be considered to be more protective than Na2SeO3 by reducing the negative effects of oxidative stress induced by heat stress in quail.

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The authors thank the Veterinary Control and Research Institute of Elazig, for providing the experimental facility.

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  1. Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Firat University, 23119, Elazig, Turkey

    Nurhan Sahin & Kazim Sahin

  2. Veterinary Control and Research Institute, Elazığ, Turkey

    Muhittin Onderci

  3. Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA

    Omer Kucuk

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Sahin, N., Onderci, M., Sahin, K. et al. Supplementation with Organic or Inorganic Selenium in Heat-distressed Quail. Biol Trace Elem Res 122, 229–237 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-007-8075-6

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