The relationship between the levels of α-tocopherol and carotenoids in the maternal feed, yolk and neonatal tissues: comparison between the chicken, turkey, duck and goose

Surai, Peter F.; Іонов, І. А.; Kuchmistova, E; Noble, R. C.; Speake, Brian K.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199804)76:4<593::aid-jsfa993>3.3.co;2-i

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“…We would also suggest that the increased tissues Se deposition of 1-day-old chicks by maternal SeMet supplementation may be responsible for improved antioxidant defenses of chick tissues against the high oxidative stress imposed by the hatching process. Since the egg-derived antioxidants (vitamin E and carotenoids) are progressively depleted from the tissues after hatching [39], antioxidant enzymes (mainly GSH-Px) become a critical arm of antioxidant defense. Therefore, enhanced GSH-Px activity in tissues by Se-Met supplementation in the maternal diet could be considered an effective way for increasing chick antioxidant potency post-hatch.…”

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Influence of Dietary Selenomethionine Supplementation on Performance and Selenium Status of Broiler Breeders and Their Subsequent Progeny

Wang

Zhan

Yuan

et al. 2011

Biol Trace Elem Res

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The study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary maternal selenomethionine or sodium selenite supplementation on performance and selenium status of broiler breeders and their next generation. Two hundred and forty 39-week-old Lingnan yellow broiler breeders were allocated randomly into two treatments, each of which included three replicates of 40 birds. Pretreatment period was 2 weeks, and the experiment lasted 8 weeks. The groups were fed the same basal diet supplemented with 0.30 mg selenium/kg of sodium selenite or selenomethionine. After incubation, 180 chicks from the same parental treatment group were randomly divided into three replicates, with 60 birds per replicate. All the offspring were fed the same diet containing 0.04 mg selenium/kg, and the experiment also lasted 8 weeks. Birth rate was greater (p < 0.05) in hens fed with selenomethionine than that in hens fed with sodium selenite. The selenium concentration in serum, liver, kidney, and breast muscle of broiler breeders, selenium deposition in the yolk, and albumen and tissues' (liver, kidney, breast muscle) selenium concentrations of 1-day-old chicks were significantly (p < 0.01) increased by maternal selenomethionine supplementation compared with maternal sodium selenite supplementation. The antioxidant status of 1-day-old chicks was greatly improved by maternal selenomethionine intake in comparison with maternal sodium selenite intake and was evidenced by the increased glutathione peroxidase activity in breast muscle (p < 0.05), superoxide dismutase activity in breast muscle and kidney (p < 0.05), glutathione concentration in kidney (p < 0.01), total antioxidant capability in breast muscle and liver (p < 0.05), and decreased malondialdehyde concentration in liver and pancreas (p < 0.05) of 1-day-old chicks. Feed utilization was better (p < 0.05), and mortality was lower (p < 0.05) in the progeny from hens fed with selenomethionine throughout the 8-week growing period compared with those from hens fed with sodium selenite. In summary, we concluded that maternal selenomethionine supplementation increased birth rate and Se deposition in serum and tissues of broiler breeders as well as in egg yolk and egg albumen more than maternal sodium selenite supplementation. Furthermore, maternal selenomethionine intake was also superior to maternal sodium selenite intake in improving the tissues Se deposition and antioxidant status of 1-day-old chicks and increasing the performance of the progeny during 8 weeks of post-hatch life.

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Influence of Dietary Selenomethionine Supplementation on Performance and Selenium Status of Broiler Breeders and Their Subsequent Progeny

Wang

Zhan

Yuan

et al. 2011

Biol Trace Elem Res

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“…In common with the eggs of other avian species (Surai & Speake, 1998b;Surai, Ionov, Kuchmistova et al, 1998;Speake, Decrock et al, 1999;, almost all the vitamin E in the eggs of the gannet, skua, pelican and cormorant was present as the a-tocopherol isoform. The concentration of vitamin E in the yolk of the skua eggs was similar to the values reported for eggs of a phylogenetically broad range of avian species including the lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus (Royle et al, 1999), the Canada goose Branta canadensis and the emperor penguin (Speake, Decrock et al, 1999), whereas the eggs of the gannet, pelican and cormorant contained much higher concentrations of this vitamin.…”

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“…The emperor penguin, which also relies on marine ®sh, produces eggs which contain very low levels of carotenoids . The carotenoid levels in the gannet and skua eggs were, however, similar to those of the wild Canada goose and of domestic poultry (Surai, Ionov, Kuchmistova et al, 1998). The concentration of carotenoids in the yolk of the domestic chicken can, however, be greatly increased to levels similar to those observed for the pelican and cormorant by supplementing the hen's standard diet with high levels of carotenoids (Haq, Bailey & Chinnah, 1996;Surai & Speake, 1998a,b).…”

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“…The embryo's defence against such harmful effects is provided by a range of antioxidants, particularly the lipid-soluble components including vitamin E, vitamin A and carotenoids, which are transferred from the yolk during development for distribution to the various embryonic tissues (Gaal et al, 1995;Surai, Noble & Speake, 1996;Surai & Speake, 1998a,b). The concentration of the various lipid-soluble antioxidants in the yolk is dependent to a large extent on the maternal dietary intake of these components (Surai, Gaal et al, 1997;Surai, Ionov, Kuchmistova et al, 1998;Surai & Speake, 1998a; and will therefore vary according to the trophic mode of the different avian species . The embryos of piscivorous birds may be particularly susceptible to peroxidative damage owing to the prevalence of long-chain highly polyunsaturated fatty acids in the maternal diet and consequently in the yolk.…”

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Effects of piscivory on the fatty acid profiles and antioxidants of avian yolk: studies on eggs of the gannet, skua, pelican and cormorant

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Piscivorous birds consume diets which are rich in highly-polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids; these play vital roles in embryonic development but are very susceptible to oxidative damage. The effects of such diets on the fatty acid composition and antioxidant content of the yolk were investigated in the northern gannet Morus bassanus, the great skua Catharacta skua, the American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos and the double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus. The phospholipid fraction of the eggs of these four species contained high proportions of the n-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid, which formed 7.5±11.3% (w/w) of the fatty acids of this fraction. The presence of eicosapentaenoic and docosapentaenoic acids also contributed to the total n-3 content of the phospholipid. The n-6 polyunsaturate, arachidonic acid, formed between 8% and 19% (w/w) of the phospholipid fatty acids. For the pelican and cormorant, this is consistent with the consumption of freshwater ®shes in which arachidonic acid may be a signi®cant acyl constituent. This ®nding is, however, more dif®cult to explain for the gannet and skua which largely consume marine ®sh with a low arachidonic acid content. The yolks of all four species contained relatively high concentrations of vitamin E (90.2±302.3 mg g 71 wet yolk) which was mainly present as a-tocopherol. The eggs of the pelican and cormorant were especially enriched in carotenoids (150.9 and 115.7 mg g 71 wet yolk, respectively).

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“…The antioxidant system of the developing chicken embryo consists of the natural antioxidants vitamin E (Noble et al, 1993;Gaal et al, 1995;Surai et al, 1996), carotenoids (Surai et al, 1995(Surai et al, , 1996, ascorbic acid (Wilson et al, 1990;Surai et al, 1996), glutathione and the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase (Surai, 1999). The chicken embryo accumulates fat-soluble antioxidants in the liver and yolk sac membrane (YSM) during the last week of development (Gaal et al, 1995;Surai et al, 1996).…”

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Antioxidant systems of the avian embryo: Tissue-specific accumulation and distribution of vitamin E in the turkey embryo during development

Surai¹,

Sparks²,

Noble³

1999

British Poultry Science

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Tissue-specific accumulation of tocopherols and tocotrienols in turkey tissues during embryonic development and their susceptibility to lipid peroxidation were investigated. Fertile turkey eggs were incubated using standard commercial conditions. Embryonic tissues were collected at 16, 22, 25 d of incubation and from day-old poults (referred to as day 29) and alpha-; beta- + gamma- and delta-tocopherols and respective tocotrienols were analysed by HPLC. A turkey diet provided to the parent hens contained the complete range of tocopherols and tocotrienols. Between days 16 and 22 of embryo development, the alpha-tocopherol concentration in the liver remained constant and then increased significantly (P<0.01) reaching a maximum just after hatching. Similar changes were observed for the other tocopherols and tocotrienols. The accumulation of alpha-tocopherol in the yolk sac membrane (YSM) started after day 20 of development and at hatching the alpha-tocopherol concentration in the YSM was twice that of beta- + gamma-tocopherols and 15 times greater than that of alpha-tocotrienol. In the kidney, heart, lung, muscle and adipose tissues a gradual increase in tocopherol and tocotrienol concentrations took place between days 20 and 25 of development with a sharp increase in particular of alpha-tocopherol between days 25 and 29. There was a discrimination between tocopherols and tocotrienols during their assimilation from the diet by the parent hen and during metabolism by the developing turkey embryo. Tissue-specific features in the susceptibility to lipid peroxidation were found with the brain being the most susceptible to lipid peroxidation at day 25 and in day-old poults.

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The relationship between the levels of α-tocopherol and carotenoids in the maternal feed, yolk and neonatal tissues: comparison between the chicken, turkey, duck and goose

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Influence of Dietary Selenomethionine Supplementation on Performance and Selenium Status of Broiler Breeders and Their Subsequent Progeny

Influence of Dietary Selenomethionine Supplementation on Performance and Selenium Status of Broiler Breeders and Their Subsequent Progeny

Effects of piscivory on the fatty acid profiles and antioxidants of avian yolk: studies on eggs of the gannet, skua, pelican and cormorant

Antioxidant systems of the avian embryo: Tissue-specific accumulation and distribution of vitamin E in the turkey embryo during development

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