Effects of dietary vitamin E, vitamin C, selenium and their combination on carcass characteristics, oxidative stability and breast meat quality of broiler chickens exposed to cyclic heat stress

Manca Pečjak (Author), Jakob Leskovec (Author), Alenka Levart (Author), Janez Salobir (Author), Vida Rezar (Author)

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with vitamin E, vitamin C, and Se, alone or in combination, on carcass characteristics, oxidative stability and meat quality parameters of breast meat from broilers exposed to cyclic heat stress (HS), and stored under different conditions. A total of 120 one-day-old male Ross 308 broilers were randomly assigned to six dietary treatments: NRC (minimal nutrition requirements), AVI (commercial nutritional recommendations for Ross 308 broilers), AVI + vitE (as AVI + 200 IU vitamin E/kg feed), AVI + vitC (as AVI + 250 mg vitamin C/kg feed), AVI + Se (as AVI + 0.2 mg Se/kg feed), and AVI + ECSe (as AVI + vitE + vitC + Se). From day 26 onwards, all birds were exposed to a high ambient temperature (31 °C) for 8 h per day. The results showed that dietary vitamin E alone or in combination with vitamin C and Se significantly increased the α-tocopherol content and decreased the malondialdehyde (MDA) content in breast meat. Although no obvious synergistic effects of the added antioxidants were observed, the addition of higher levels of vitamin E, vitamin C and Se to broiler diets had no adverse effects on carcass traits, oxidative stability and meat quality parameters when supplemented either alone or in combination.

Keywords

perutnina;pitovni piščanci;prehrana živali;vitamini;vitamin E;vitamin C;selen;vročinski stres;kakovost mesa;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2022
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
UDC:	636.5.084/.087
COBISS:	115293187
ISSN:	2076-2615
Views:	188
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	perutnina;pitovni piščanci;prehrana živali;vitamini;vitamin E;vitamin C;selen;vročinski stres;kakovost mesa;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 1-14
Volume:	ǂno. ǂ14
Issue:	ǂart. ǂ1789
Chronology:	2022
DOI:	10.3390/ani12141789
ID:	15940808