scholarly journals l-Arginine and antioxidant vitamins E and C improve the cardiovascular performance of broiler chickens grown under chronic hypobaric hypoxia

2010 ◽  
Vol 89 (10) ◽  
pp. 2141-2146 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bautista-Ortega ◽  
C.A. Ruiz-Feria
Keyword(s):  
Hypobaric Hypoxia ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Antioxidant Vitamins ◽  
Vitamins E And C ◽  
Cardiovascular Performance

Concurrent supplementation of arginine and antioxidant vitamins E and C reduces oxidative stress in broiler chickens after a challenge withEimeriaspp.

2015 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Dominguez ◽  
A. Pro-Martinez ◽  
C. Narciso-Gaytán ◽  
A. Hernández-Cázares ◽  
E. Sosa-Montes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Antioxidant Vitamins ◽  
Broiler Chicks ◽  
Intestinal Lesion ◽  
Vitamins E And C ◽  
Eimeria Spp ◽  
Gpx Activity

Dominguez P.A., Pro-Martinez, A., Narciso-Gaytán, C., Hernández-Cázares, A., Sosa-Montes, E., Perez-Hernandez, P., Caldwell, D. and Ruiz-Feria, C. A. 2015. Concurrent supplementation of arginine and antioxidant vitamins E and C reduces oxidative stress in broiler chickens after a challenge with Eimeria spp. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 95: 143–153. Oxidation is a major problem associated with pathogen damage in animals. One-day-old mixed-sex broiler chicks (Cobb 500; n=624) were randomly assigned to one of six treatments: a basal diet [CTL; 40 mg of vitamin E (VE) kg−1of feed and 1.5% Arginine (Arg)] or the basal diet plus Arg (ARG; 0.3%), Arg+VE (AVE; 0.3% and 40 mg kg−1respectively), Arg+vitamin C (VC) (AVC; 0.3% and 1 g kg−1respectively), VE+VC (VEC; 40 mg+1 g kg−1respectively), or Arg+VE+VC (AVEC; 0.3%+40 mg+1 g kg−1respectively). At day 14, all birds were orally challenged with 100× the normal dose of Advent®coccidiosis vaccine (450 000 oocysts). Intestinal lesion scores (LS) in duodenum, jejunum and ceca were recorded, along with relative immune system organ weights at day 23. Plasma samples were taken before (2 h) and after challenge (12, 24 and 48 h) to determine malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO) and glutathione peroxidase activity (GPx). Birds fed the VEC diet were heavier at 7 d (P<0.05) than birds fed the AVE diet. CTL birds had heavier (P<0.05) bursas than AVC birds; no differences among treatments for spleen and thymus were found. The jejunum LS was lower in the AVC and VEC birds than in CTL birds, whereas ceca LS was highest in AVE birds, and the duodenum LS was not affected by treatment. Birds fed the AVEC diet had the lowest MDA levels before challenge, but higher levels of MDA than birds fed the CTL, ARG or AVE 12 h after challenge. Before challenge ARG birds had higher (P<0.05) NO levels than AVEC-fed birds, but 12 h after challenge birds fed the CTL, ARG or AVE diet had lower NO levels than birds fed the AVC, VEC or AVEC diet. Before challenge AVEC-fed birds had higher (P<0.001) GPx activity than CTL, ARG and AVE birds, but after 12, 24 and 48 h VEC birds showed higher GPx activity than CTL, ARG- and AVE-fed birds. Although Arg, VE and VC, modulated oxidative stress during coccidiosis challenge, the effects were not sufficient to affect performance relative to the control diet.

Hyperoxia-induced ciliary loss and oxidative damage in an in vitro bovine model: The protective role of antioxidant vitamins E and C

2012 ◽  
Vol 429 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 191-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanady S. Al-Shmgani ◽  
Roy M. Moate ◽  
J. Robert Sneyd ◽  
Peter D. Macnaughton ◽  
A. John Moody
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Damage ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Antioxidant Vitamins ◽  
Vitamins E And C

ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS E AND C

1991 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 8-10
Author(s):  
Amanda Ursell
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Vitamins ◽  
Vitamins E And C

scholarly journals The influence of vitamin E and C feeding on protein content and ratios of its fractions in broiler chickens serum

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (97) ◽  
pp. 141-146
Author(s):  
L. V. Romanovych
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Protein Biosynthesis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Total Protein Content ◽  
Globulin Fraction ◽  
Tocopherol Acetate ◽  
Vitamins E And C ◽  
Combined Use

Protein content and the ratio of its fractions were investigated in the serum of broiler chickens during the growing period with the addition of vitamins E and C to their ration. The investigations were performed in one of the farms in Lviv region on four groups of 100 broiler chickens in each, starting from 1- to 41-day-olds. Chickens in the control group received a standard ration, the first experimental diet with tocopherol acetate, the second experimental – ascorbic acid, and the third – a complex of these vitamins. Poultry research were conducted at different ages: 27-, 34-, and 41-day-olds. The content of common protein was determined in blood serum – biuret method and the range of soluble proteins – by vertical electrophoresis in plates of 7.5 % polyacrylamide gel. Conducted research have shown that the use of tocopherol acetate and ascorbic acid supplements to compound feed of broiler chickens caused a rise in serum total protein content. However, these changes were more pronounced in chickens with the combined use of vitamins E and C in all search periods (P < 0.05–0.01), and also in 11-day-old broilers (P < 0.05), who used ascorbic acid supplement. In the search of the ratio of protein fractions was ascertained an increase in the content of γ-globulin fraction in chickens from the search groups regarding controls at 11 and 27 days of age. Herewith the differences were likely to be in broiler chickens, who used the tocopherol acetate supplement. Instead, 11-day-old chicks in this group had a lower b-globulin fraction (P < 0.05). However, in the serum of chickens from the experimental groups regarding control at 41 days of age a significantly higher content of the α-globulin fraction was registered. In general, the results of the searches showed that additional introduction of tocopherol acetate and ascorbic acid to chickens ration has a stimulating influence on the processes of protein biosynthesis and immune function in the organism of chickens in the process of their growth. This influence was more expressed in chickens with the combined use of vitamins E and C.

scholarly journals The intensity of the processes of oxidative modification of proteins and the activity of enzymes of the antioxidant protection system of broiler chickens under the action of vitamins E and C

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
L. Romanovych ◽  
B. Kurtyak ◽  
D. Mudrak
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Enzymes ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Protein Structures ◽  
Oxidative Modification ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Inhibitory Influence ◽  
Antioxidant Protection ◽  
Oxidative Modification Of Proteins ◽  
Vitamins E And C ◽  
Antioxidant Protection System

Chickens in the control group received a standard ration, the first experimental – ration with the addition of tocopherol acetate, the second experimental – ascorbic acid, and the third – a complex of these vitamins. On the basis of the conducted researches the influence of vitamin supplements on the indexes of oxidation intensity of lipid and protein structures was analyzed. The intensity of the processes of oxidative modification of proteins largely depends on the level of vitamins E and C in the ration of broiler chickens. Supplementation with vitamin C and with vitamin E resulted in an inhibitory influence on the content of OMP products, the level of which is largely regulated by the enzyme and non-enzymatic links of the antioxidant protection system. Searches have shown the stimulating influence of the addition of vitamins on the activity of antioxidant enzymes. In particular, SOD activity increased by 19 % on the 34th day, by 32 % on the 41st day, whereas glutathione peroxidase activity was 5.7 and 20.8 %, respectively, compared to the control chickens group. An increase in the activity of antioxidant enzymes occurred against the background of a decrease in the intensity of oxidation processes. At the same time, there was also an increase in the content of recovered glutathione in the blood of chickens of the second and third experimental groups at 34th and 41st days of age. Thereby, searches have shown that supplementing the ration with vitamins E and C with a positive influence on the organism's adaptive capacity and antioxidant potential, which is extremely important to ensure the metabolic homeostasis of chickens during critical periods of their cultivation.

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