Effect of Vitamin C Administration on Serum and Egg-yolk Cholesterol Level of the Chicken

Al-Janabi, A.S.; AI-Kattib, SR; Taha, Zainab

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“…Supplementing the vitamin C in poultry diet may have a beneficial effect on performance in such an environment (Combs, 1992;Pardue and Thaxton, 1986;Tillman, 1993). It is also reported that blood and yolk cholesterol were significantly decreased by the addition of vitamin C to the rations (Al-Janabi et al, 1998;El-Gendi et al, 1999). It has been reported that plasma antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin C declined in concentration and oxidative damage increased in stressed poultry (Feenster 1985;Sahin et al, 2002).…”

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Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Performance and Blood Biochemical Parameters in Broiler Chicken at Leh-Ladakh

Kumar¹,

Biswas²,

Bharti³

et al. 2014

Anim. Nutr. and Feed Tech.

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Kumar, P., Biswas, A., Bharti, V.K. and Srivastava, R.B. 2014. Effect of vitamin C supplementation on performance and blood biochemical parameters in broiler chicken at This study investigated the effect of vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) supplementation on performance and haemato-biochemical parameters in broiler chicken at cold arid high altitude region of Leh-Ladakh, India. One hundred and twenty (120) day old broiler chicks hatched locally at high altitude, cold hypoxic conditions of Ladakh at 12000 ft above mean sea level (AMSL) were randomly selected and divided into 12 groups of 10 chicks each (4 dietary treatments x 3 replicates) in completely randomized design. Chicks were placed in a solar poultry house with mesh floor and reared under uniform husbandry conditions (14 h light/day and 25-32°C). The basal diet (T 1 ) contained crude protein (CP) 210g/kg, 3200 Kcal/kg ME, 30 g/kg total calcium and 0.5g/kg total phosphorus. Experimental diets T 2, T 3 and T 4 contained an additional 100 mg, 200 mg and 400 mg of vitamin C/kg feed, respectively. During the experiment, feed and water were provided ad libitum. There were significant differences (P<0.05) in body weight, feed conversion ratio and cumulative feed intake among the different experimental groups. Serum concentrations of total cholesterol, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), glucose and total protein in chicks that received dietary vitamin C supplementation decreased significantly (P<0.01) in comparison to control group. By contrast albumin and uric acid concentrations significantly increased (P<0.05), whereas the serum concentrations of creatinine, triglyceride, and glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT) showed no significant alterations. From the above study it may be concluded that, supplementation of dietary vitamin C would be beneficial for production performance and haemato-biochemical parameters in broiler chicken at cold arid high altitude conditions.

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Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Performance and Blood Biochemical Parameters in Broiler Chicken at Leh-Ladakh

Kumar¹,

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Bharti³

et al. 2014

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“…Interestingly, PCB administration lowered tissue ascorbic acid and markedly increased urinary excretion of the vitamin. Also of interest is the work of alJanabi et al , 73 who fed high levels of ascorbic acid to laying hens for six months and found marked decreases in serum cholesterol and slight decreases in egg-yolk cholesterol.…”

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Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid): New Roles, New Requirements?

Gershoff¹

2009

Nutrition Reviews

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There is an enormous amount of literature on vitamin C intake and health in animals, cell cultures, and humans. Beyond its function in collagen formation, ascorbic acid is known to increase absorption of inorganic iron, to have essential roles in the metabolism of folic acid and of some amino acids and hormones, and to act as an antioxidant. In recent years, research has increasingly focused on this latter function, stimulated by suggestions that “oxidative stress” may be a causal factor in the etiology of such diverse and important disorders of aging as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and cataract formation. The present evidence is strong enough to have convinced nutritionists that daily vitamin C intake should be many times higher than the amount needed to protect against scurvy, and this is reflected in the present Recommended Dietary Allowances. Suggestions that the recommended levels should be higher still are largely based on extrapolations from results of animal and tissue culture studies. How much ascorbic acid is necessary to achieve in humans the effects seen in animal studies is not clear. In general, the limited human studies have not been persuasive. The data are incomplete, and many of the studies have serious flaws. There are no toxicity studies of the type done fornew compounds being considered for approval as therapy for major disease conditions. Intervention studies will be difficult, but are essential, and methods for tissue saturation measurement must be defined before new recommendations for the public are designed.

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Nutritional and Health Attributes of Eggs

Ren

Renema

2010

Handbook of Poultry Science and Technology

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Effect of Vitamin C Administration on Serum and Egg-yolk Cholesterol Level of the Chicken

Cited by 7 publications

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Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Performance and Blood Biochemical Parameters in Broiler Chicken at Leh-Ladakh

Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Performance and Blood Biochemical Parameters in Broiler Chicken at Leh-Ladakh

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid): New Roles, New Requirements?

Nutritional and Health Attributes of Eggs

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