The effects of dietary intake and of dietary concentration of copper sulphate on the laying domestic fowl: Effects on laying performance and tissue mineral contents

Stevenson, Mary H.; Pearce, J.; Jackson, N.

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“…When liver weights were expressed as a percentage of body weight, values indicated that 600 mg Cu/kg had an adverse effect compared with the control. The same phenomenon has been observed in laying hens by Pearce et al (1983) and Stevenson et al (1983).…”

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Effect of dietary copper sulphate on the performance of growing Japanese quail

1990

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SUMMARYThe effect of 200, 400 and 600 mg dietary copper sulphate/kg was studied in 64 Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in 1987. The results indicated that addition of 200 or 400 mg/kg to conventional diets of quail 7–42 days old significantly increased (P < 0·05) body weight gain and significantly decreased (P < 0·05) feed intake. There were significant (P < 0·05) increases in carcass, breast and leg weights in some cases; the first two characters had the highest values in the quail fed the diet containing 200 mg Cu/kg. The addition of 600 mg Cu/kg to the diet had an adverse effect on liver weight compared with the addition of 200 and 400 mg/kg. Copper concentration in the liver was not influenced by any rate of copper supplementation.

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Effect of dietary copper sulphate on the performance of growing Japanese quail

1990

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“…Other workers Stevenson et al, 1983) indicated that high dietary concentrations of Cu fed to laying hens resulted in decreased liver weights. This reduction in liver weight was attributed to reduced feed intake, since force-fed birds showed an increase in liver weights.…”

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Interaction of Dietary Nutrient Concentration and Supplemental Copper on Chick Performance and Tissue Copper Concentrations

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An experiment was conducted with 576 female Cobb feather-sexed chicks to study the influence of methionine (MET) and selected nutrient (SN) supplementation on the performance of chicks fed high Cu levels. Day-old chicks were allotted randomly to pens for the 22-day experiment. A 3 X 2 X 2 factorial arrangement of treatments was used which included Cu at 0, 400, and 800 mg/kg, MET at 0 and .4%, and SN at 0 and 20%. A significant (P less than .001) Cu X MET X SN interaction was found for gain. Supplemental MET reversed the growth depression observed in birds fed 400 but not 800 mg/kg Cu. Additions of 400 and 800 mg/kg Cu to the basal diet depressed (P less than .001) feed consumption by 8.6 and 19.4%, respectively. Hepatic Cu concentrations increased linearly (P less than .001) with increasing dietary Cu and were not influenced (P greater than .10) by supplemental MET or SN. Liver weights increased linearly (P less than .001) with increasing dietary Cu and were higher (P less than .05) for chicks on diets supplemented with SN, but lower (P less than .05) for those with diets supplemented with MET. The interaction of MET X SN was significant (P less than .001) for serum Cu; chicks supplemented with SN in conjunction with MET had the lowest (P less than .05) serum Cu concentrations. Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) activity was not influenced (P greater than .10) by dietary Cu, but SN supplementation resulted in a 10% elevation (P less than .001) in SGOT activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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“…Very high dietary levels of copper (Stevenson et al 1983; Richards 1997) in laying birds will cause a rapid cessation of egg production, whereas feeding laying hens a copper-deficient diet results in a shell membrane with a significantly reduced copper concentration and an abnormal structure (Baumgartner et al 1978; Richards 1997). …”

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Intra-clutch and inter-colony variability in element concentrations in eggshells of the black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, in northern Poland

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Indykiewicz

Wiącek

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Eggshells are good bioindicators of environmental contamination, and therefore, the concentrations of 17 trace elements in 87 eggshells of black-headed gulls, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, were determined in five breeding colonies in an area dominated by farmland in northern Poland. The intra-clutch variability in the eggshell concentrations of heavy metals and other elements was also investigated, and the concentrations of the elements showed the following pattern: Ca > Mg > Sr > Fe > Zn > Al > Cr > Se > Mn > Cu > Pb > As > Ni > Mo = V > Sc > Cd. The concentrations of Fe, Al, and Mn decreased with the order in which the eggs were laid, but Sr concentrations increased. In contrast, the concentration of Cu significantly increased with the laying date. The concentrations of all elements significantly differed among the studied colonies; the highest concentration of eight elements was found in the eggshells from the Kusowo colony, which may have resulted from the intensive use of fertilizers, manure, and slurry in the surrounding agricultural region. The concentrations of Mg, Sr, and Zn in the eggshells from Skoki Duże were higher than those of the other studied colonies, which may have occurred because the gulls were nesting in a functioning gravel pit; soil and the parent rock are natural reservoirs of these elements. The observed element levels indicate that the environment where the black-headed gull eggs were formed, i.e., primarily near the breeding colonies, remains in a relatively unpolluted state, which was reflected by the low levels of Cd, Ni, and Pb and the lack of measurable levels of Hg.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11356-017-8635-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The effects of dietary intake and of dietary concentration of copper sulphate on the laying domestic fowl: Effects on laying performance and tissue mineral contents

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

Effect of dietary copper sulphate on the performance of growing Japanese quail

Effect of dietary copper sulphate on the performance of growing Japanese quail

Interaction of Dietary Nutrient Concentration and Supplemental Copper on Chick Performance and Tissue Copper Concentrations

Intra-clutch and inter-colony variability in element concentrations in eggshells of the black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, in northern Poland

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