Environmental Science and Pollution Research

, Volume 24, Issue 11, pp 10708–10717 | Cite as

Alleviating the environmental heat burden on laying hens by feeding on diets enriched with certain antioxidants (vitamin E and selenium) individually or combined

  • Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack
  • Khalid Mahrose
  • Muhammad Arif
  • Maria Tabassum Chaudhry
  • Islam M. Saadeldin
  • Muhammad Saeed
  • Rab Nawaz Soomro
  • Imtiaz Hussain Raja Abbasi
  • Zaib Ur Rehman
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Abstract

The present study was designed to alleviate the negative biohazards of high ambient temperature on the productive performance and physiological status of laying hens. A total of 135 Bovans laying hens were distributed into nine groups in a 3 × 3 factorial design experiment. Basal diet was supplemented with vitamin E at levels of 0, 250, and 500 mg /kg diet. Within each dietary vitamin E level, each diet was supplemented with sodium selenite as a source of selenium (Se) to supply 0, 0.25, and 0.50 mg Se/kg diet. Results showed that supplementing layer’s diet with 500 mg vitamin E/kg was accompanied with the lowest feed consumption (FC) and feed conversion ratio (FCR). The interaction among vitamin E and Se levels exerted significant effects only on FC and FCR. Insignificant differences were observed in egg quality criteria due to the treatments studied. Increasing vitamin E level was associated with a gradual decrease in basophil count and an increase in monocytes. A gradual decrease in the count of each of heterophils, monocytes, and eosinophils was observed with the elevation in the dietary Se level. The combination among vitamin E and Se levels produced a significant effect on all hematological parameters studied. As vitamin E increased, a marked decrease in serum AST and a gradual increase in total lipids, total cholesterol, and calcium were observed. As the level of dietary Se increased, serum total protein, albumin, T4, total cholesterol, and total lipids increased. No significant impacts were detected for the interaction among vitamin E and Se levels on any of blood constituents determined except serum globulin, ALT, and calcium. In conclusion, the combination between vitamin E and Se showed a good ability to alleviate the harmful impacts of heat stress and produced the highest productive performance when compared with the other groups, which exhibit the synergistic effect between the two antioxidants.

Keywords

Blood Egg production Egg quality Heat stress Layers Selenium Vitamin E 

Notes

Acknowledgments

The authors appreciate and thank the College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, Agriculture Research Center and Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, for supporting this research.

Compliance with ethical standards

All the experimental procedures were carried out according to the Local Experimental Animal Care Committee and approved by the ethics of the institutional committee. Birds were cared for using husbandry guidelines derived from Zagazig University standard operating procedures.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack
    • 1
  • Khalid Mahrose
    • 1
  • Muhammad Arif
    • 3
  • Maria Tabassum Chaudhry
    • 4
  • Islam M. Saadeldin
    • 2
  • Muhammad Saeed
    • 5
    • 6
  • Rab Nawaz Soomro
    • 5
  • Imtiaz Hussain Raja Abbasi
    • 5
  • Zaib Ur Rehman
    • 7
  1. 1.Department of Poultry, Faculty of AgricultureZagazig UniversityZagazigEgypt
  2. 2.Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agricultural SciencesKing Saud UniversityRiyadhKingdom of Saudi Arabia
  3. 3.Department of Animal Sciences, University College of AgricultureUniversity of SargodhaSargodhaPakistan
  4. 4.Institute of Animal NutritionNortheast Agricultural UniversityHarbinChina
  5. 5.Institute of Animal SciencesUniversity of AgricultureFaisalabadPakistan
  6. 6.College of Animal SciencesNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
  7. 7.Faculty of Veterinary and Animal SciencesArid Agriculture UniversityRawalpindiPakistan

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