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Selenium-Fertilized Tritordeum (× Tritordeum Ascherson et Graebner) as Dietary Selenium Supplement in Laying Hens: Effects on Egg Quality

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of adding selenium (Se) in cereal production by fertilization on Se concentration in laying hen eggs. Tritordeum (×Tritordeum Ascherson et Graebner), a new cereal from the cross between durum wheat and a wild barley species having accreditation as natural crop species, was produced using selenate as Se-fertilizer. Hy-Line Brown laying hens were randomly allocated to two dietary treatments and fed for 10 weeks. Hens were fed two corn-soybean meal-based diets comprising a control basal diet including Tritordeum (100 g/kg diet) cv. Aucan grown without Se fertilization (containing background Se only from premix supplying 1,0 times birds’ requirements) and a test-diet containing Se-enriched Tritordeum at the same level of the control diet. No difference was observed among dietary treatments on feed consumption and efficiency, egg mass, and laying rate, whereas egg yolk Se and vitamin E contents as well as liver and plasma Se levels were significantly influenced by dietary Se-enriched Tritordeum. Based on our findings, Se-enriched Tritordeum improved egg quality without affecting hens’ productive performance. Thus, Se-fertilized Tritordeum may represent a valuable natural source of Se compared to conventional dietary supplements.

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The Authors are thankful to “INTINI & C S.A.S. Divisione Zootecnica, Putignano (Bari), Italy” for the supply of the Tritordeum cultivar Aucan to carry out this research.

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  1. Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Veterinary Science and Animal Production, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, S.P. per Casamassima km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Italy

    V. Tufarelli & V. Laudadio

  2. Department of Agro-Environmental and Territorial Sciences, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, 70125, Bari, Italy

    E. Cazzato

  3. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, 70010, Valenzano, Italy

    E. Ceci

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Tufarelli, V., Cazzato, E., Ceci, E. et al. Selenium-Fertilized Tritordeum (× Tritordeum Ascherson et Graebner) as Dietary Selenium Supplement in Laying Hens: Effects on Egg Quality. Biol Trace Elem Res 173, 219–224 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-016-0652-0

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