PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND LIVE WEIGHT GAIN OF CAMEL CALVES AS INFLUENCED BY SELENIUM SOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Animal Production | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 59, Issue 5, June 2022, Page 1-9 PDF (611.44 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejap.2022.245043 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Gamal Ashour 1; Sherif Mohamed Dessouki1; Faten Fahmy Abou-Ammou2; Hossam Saad El-Deen  3
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| 1Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt | ||||
| 2Camel Research Department, Animal Production Research Institute, 12611 Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
| 3Camel Research Department, Animal Production Research Institute, 12611 Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| SUMMARY This study was carried out to investigate the impact of selenium source (i.e organic and inorganic) given at 8 mg/head/day on the antioxidant capacity of camel calves and their growth performance. Seventeen camels (nine male and eight female) at 18 months of age with 172.47±10.56 kg average body weight were randomly divided into three groups: group 1 (organic selenium, n=6), group 2 (inorganic selenium, n=6) plus vitamin E (15 IU/kg DM) and a control group (control, n=5). The three groups were housed in three semi-opened and shaded pens and fed the experimental diets for 115 days. A significant increase (P<0.05) in blood plasma metabolites including glucose, total protein, albumin, and total lipids was observed. Also, the plasma concentration of triiodothyronine was higher (P<0.05) in both Selenium supplemented groups while the concentration of alkaline phosphatase was higher (P<0.05) only in the organic Selenium group. The values for alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, blood ureanitrogen, and creatinine were similar in the experimental groups and remained within the normal range. A significant improvement of antioxidantstatus was clearly reflected by the significant increase (P<0.05) in glutathioneperoxidase, catalase, total antioxidant capacity, and a decrease in malondialdehyde for supplemented groups vs control group. The concentrations of plasma selenium, calcium and potassium were higher (P<0.05) in treated groups. Sodium concentration was similar (P>0.05) in the experimental groups. Average daily gain (g/d) was higher (P<0.05) in the Selenium supplemented groups with a clear difference between the organic selenium group compared with the others. It has been concluded that the supplementation of selenium to growing camel diets by (8 mg/head/d) improved growth performance and reduced oxidative stress without any adverse effect on animals. In addition, organic source showed a better effect than the inorganic source. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Camel calves; growth; selenium; blood metabolites; enzymes; hormones | ||||
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