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Two experiments were conducted with day-old broiler chicks reared to 18 or 19 d of age. The objectives were: (1) to examine the effects of the antioxidant ethoxyquin (EQ) on peroxidation in feeds containing fish oil (FO) or lead (Pb), and (2) to determine whether systemic effects of Pb, which are attributed to tissue peroxidation, can be reversed by dietary EQ. Experiment 1 was a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with the factors being 4% dietary cottonseed oil (CSO) vs FO and dietary Pb as lead acetate trihydrate (0 vs 1000 ppm). Feed was mixed 1 d prior to initiation of the experiment and stored at 4°C until it was placed in the feeders. Experiment 2 was a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with the factors being 3.5% dietary oil (CSO vs FO), dietary Pb (0 vs 1000 ppm), and EQ (0 vs 75 ppm). Feed was mixed 1 d prior to initiation of the experiment and held at room temperature thereafter. Growth depression by FO and Pb was less pronounced in Experiment 1 than in Experiment 2. In Experiment 2, FO and Pb increased the concentration of feed peroxide, and the increases were prevented by EQ. The growth depression by FO was completely reversed by EQ. EQ reversal of Pb-induced growth depression, although substantial, was not complete. The FO diet without Pb had a peroxide content (12.4 meq/kg feed) similar to the CSO +Pb diet (12.3 meq/kg feed); however, growth was not similar (407 vs 213 g body weight at 19 d respectively). The results suggest that the toxic effects of Pb are mediated by peroxidative alterations both in the feed and in tissues. The ability of EQ to reverse significantly Pb effects on growth suggests a systemic action of this antioxidant.
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Donaldson, W.E. Interactions of dietary lead with fish oil and antioxidant in chicks. Biol Trace Elem Res 31, 215–222 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02990192
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