Ashour, G., Dessouki, S., Abou-Ammou, F., Saad El-Deen, H. (2022). PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND LIVE WEIGHT GAIN OF CAMEL CALVES AS INFLUENCED BY SELENIUM SOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION. Egyptian Journal of Animal Production, 59(5), 1-9. doi: 10.21608/ejap.2022.245043
Gamal Ashour; Sherif Mohamed Dessouki; Faten Fahmy Abou-Ammou; Hossam Saad El-Deen. "PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND LIVE WEIGHT GAIN OF CAMEL CALVES AS INFLUENCED BY SELENIUM SOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION". Egyptian Journal of Animal Production, 59, 5, 2022, 1-9. doi: 10.21608/ejap.2022.245043
Ashour, G., Dessouki, S., Abou-Ammou, F., Saad El-Deen, H. (2022). 'PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND LIVE WEIGHT GAIN OF CAMEL CALVES AS INFLUENCED BY SELENIUM SOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION', Egyptian Journal of Animal Production, 59(5), pp. 1-9. doi: 10.21608/ejap.2022.245043
Ashour, G., Dessouki, S., Abou-Ammou, F., Saad El-Deen, H. PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND LIVE WEIGHT GAIN OF CAMEL CALVES AS INFLUENCED BY SELENIUM SOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION. Egyptian Journal of Animal Production, 2022; 59(5): 1-9. doi: 10.21608/ejap.2022.245043
PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND LIVE WEIGHT GAIN OF CAMEL CALVES AS INFLUENCED BY SELENIUM SOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION
1Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
2Camel Research Department, Animal Production Research Institute, 12611 Dokki, Giza, Egypt
3Camel Research Department, Animal Production Research Institute, 12611 Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
SUMMARY This study was carried out to investigate the impact of selenium source (i.e organic and inorganic) given at 8 mg/head/day on the antioxidant capacity of camel calves and their growth performance. Seventeen camels (nine male and eight female) at 18 months of age with 172.47±10.56 kg average body weight were randomly divided into three groups: group 1 (organic selenium, n=6), group 2 (inorganic selenium, n=6) plus vitamin E (15 IU/kg DM) and a control group (control, n=5). The three groups were housed in three semi-opened and shaded pens and fed the experimental diets for 115 days. A significant increase (P<0.05) in blood plasma metabolites including glucose, total protein, albumin, and total lipids was observed. Also, the plasma concentration of triiodothyronine was higher (P<0.05) in both Selenium supplemented groups while the concentration of alkaline phosphatase was higher (P<0.05) only in the organic Selenium group. The values for alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, blood ureanitrogen, and creatinine were similar in the experimental groups and remained within the normal range. A significant improvement of antioxidantstatus was clearly reflected by the significant increase (P<0.05) in glutathioneperoxidase, catalase, total antioxidant capacity, and a decrease in malondialdehyde for supplemented groups vs control group. The concentrations of plasma selenium, calcium and potassium were higher (P<0.05) in treated groups. Sodium concentration was similar (P>0.05) in the experimental groups. Average daily gain (g/d) was higher (P<0.05) in the Selenium supplemented groups with a clear difference between the organic selenium group compared with the others. It has been concluded that the supplementation of selenium to growing camel diets by (8 mg/head/d) improved growth performance and reduced oxidative stress without any adverse effect on animals. In addition, organic source showed a better effect than the inorganic source.
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