scholarly journals Effect of Vitamin C Administration on Serum and Egg-yolk Cholesterol Level of the Chicken

1988 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 403 ◽  
Author(s):  
AS Al-Janabi ◽  
SR AI-Kattib ◽  
Z D Taha
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Vitamin C ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Cholesterol Level ◽  
Marked Decrease ◽  
Egg Yolk ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Layer Chickens ◽  
Yolk Cholesterol

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) was given to 144-days-old layer chickens mixed with their ration at three concentrations: 30, 60 and 90 p.p.m. for 6 months. Cholesterol levels in blood serum (CS) and egg yolk (CE) were measured every 6 weeks (four periods); there was a marked decrease in CS in most treated birds, especially those receiving the highest concentration of vitamin C. There was also a slight decrease in CE in most treated birds. Thyroidal weight showed a significant increase in most treated groups, especially those receiving the highest concentration of vitamin C.

scholarly journals Зміни в вітамінній ланці антиоксидантної системи корів різних типів вищої нервової діяльності

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (78) ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
Yu.O. Sysyuk ◽  
V.I. Karpovskiy ◽  
O.V. Zhurenko ◽  
O.V. Danchuk ◽  
R.V. Postoy
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Vitamin C ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Weak Type ◽  
Nervous Activity ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Tocopherol Content ◽  
Higher Nervous Activity ◽  
Different Types

The article presents the results of the studying the content of some vitamins in blood serum of cows with different types of higher nervous activity depending on the season. The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of the typological features of the nervous system on the content of separate vitamins in blood serum of cows depending on the season. The experiment was carried out on the basis of the farm «Kolos» village Borodianka, Kyiv region on clinically healthy cows of Ukrainian black-and-white dairy breed of 2–3rd lactation. On the basis of the investigation the conditioned reflex activity, 4 experimental groups of animals were formed with 4 most typical representatives of the identified types of higher nervous activity in each: 1st group – strong balanced mobile type, 2nd group – strong balanced inert type, 3rd group – strong unbalanced type, 4th group – weak type. The research material was blood serum, in which the content of vitamins A, E and C was determined by express method via liquid chromatography. The conducted investigation of ascorbic acid, retinol and tocopherol content in blood serum of cows with different types of higher nervous activity in winter and summer periods shown that its content is significantly dependent on the season. In particular, the content of ascorbic acid in blood serum of cows with different types of higher nervous activity in the winter season was lower by 22–27% in compare with its meaning in the summer season. It should be noted that the largest difference in content of vitamin C in blood serum depending on the season was found in animals of strong balanced inert and weak types of higher nervous activity (by 27.4%, P < 0.001 and 24.0%, P < 0.001 respectively). While in animals of strong balanced mobile and strong unbalanced types of higher nervous activity the content of vitamin C in blood serum was lower by 23.2% (P < 0.001) and 21.7% (P < 0.001), respectively. The content of fat-soluble vitamins in blood serum of cows with different types of higher nervous activity is also largely dependent on the season. Thus, the content of tocopherol was lower in the winter season by 35.8–41.6% (P < 0.001) depending on the type of higher nervous activity. And the retinol content was lower by 49.2–55.3% (P FU=3.0; P FU = 3.0; P < 0.05. However, the main properties of cortical processes did not have a significant influence on the content of retinol in blood serum – F = 2.8 < FU = 3.0; P = 0.06. The season has a significant influence on the content of the above mentioned vitamins – F = 126–348 > FU = 4.3; P < 0.001, which is obviously due to the level of supply the animal’s body with vitamins during different seasons. It should be noted that there is no relationship between the sources of variation (type of higher nervous activity and season), which obviously testifies to the absence of influence of the seasons on the main features of cortical processes (F = 0.37–1.64 < FU = 3.0; P = 0.208–0.775). Thus, the influence of the main features of cortical processes on the content of ascorbic acid, retinol and tocopherol in blood serum of cows is found. In animals of weak type of higher nervous activity the vitamin content in blood serum is lower than in animals of strong types. The lower content of ascorbic acid, retinol and tocopherol in blood serum of cows in the winter season, regardless the type of higher nervous activity, has been established.

scholarly journals Effect of Dietary Alfalfa Meal on Performance, Egg Quality, Egg Yolk Cholesterol and Hatchability Parameters of Quail Breeders

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman Olgun ◽  
Alp Önder Yıldız
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Egg Quality ◽  
Egg Yolk ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
Feed Conversion ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Alfalfa Meal ◽  
Egg Shell ◽  
Yolk Cholesterol ◽  
Mass Feed

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different levels of alfalfa meal on performance, egg quality, egg yolk cholesterol and hatchability parameters of quail breeders. In this trial a total of 90 Japanese quail breeders (30 males, 60 females), 10 weeks old was distributed 5 experimental groups randomly. Each experimental group consisted of 6 replicates of 3 quails (1 males, 2 females) in each. During the 12 weeks experiment period, birds were fed with 5 dietary groups based on corn and soybean meal and containing 0 (control), 10, 20, 40 and 80 g/kg alfalfa meal. Feed and water were offered ad-libitum throughout the experiment. The different dietary levels of alfalfa meal had no significant effect on body weight change, egg production, egg weight, egg mass, feed conversion ratio, egg shell breaking strength, egg yolk triglyceride, fertility, hatchability of fertile eggs or hatchability of eggs set. The feed intake was decreased with 10 or 20 g/kg alfalfa meal levels in the diet. The eggshell weight was best in quails fed 20 g/kg alfalfa meal, and the egg yolk cholesterol was the lowest in quails fed 40 g/kg alfalfa meal. According to the results of this study the addition of 40 g/kg alfalfa meal in laying quail diets decreased the egg yolk cholesterol levels without adverse effect on performance.

EFFECT OF AN ANTIBIOTIC ON LIPID FRACTIONS IN PLASMA AND EGG YOLK OF LAYING HENS

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 2171-2175
Author(s):  
P. J. Lupien ◽  
F. A. Vandenheuvel ◽  
W. G. Hunsaker ◽  
G. V. Hatina
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Species Differences ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Plasma Cholesterol ◽  
Egg Yolk ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
Lipid Fractions ◽  
Egg Yolks ◽  
Yolk Cholesterol

Supplementation of the basal ration of laying hens with 0.001, 0.005, and 0.01% neomycin sulphate did not produce any significant changes in the weight of the hens, their eggs, or egg yolks, nor did it alter egg production. Supplemental neomycin caused no significant changes in levels of plasma cholesterol. Plasma and yolk lipid levels varied considerably within as well as between groups of hens. Plasma squalene/plasma cholesterol and yolk squalene/yolk cholesterol ratios were approximately the same, indicating the presence of 250 times more cholesterol than squalene. Plasma squalene/yolk squalene and plasma cholesterol/yolk cholesterol ratios showed that both components were approximately 13 times more concentrated in the yolk than in the plasma. The variable plasma cholesterol levels for rats, rabbits, mice, human beings, as well as the laying hen, treated with neomycin, are suggestive of species differences in response.

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