1. THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIC SELENIUM AND MANNAN OLIGOSACCHARIDES ON THE PRODUCTIVITY AND HEALTH OF PHEASANT CHICKEN (PHASIANUS COLCHICUS).
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MARCELA, ŠPERANDA, FLORIJANČIĆ, T., BOŠKOVIĆ, I., BOGUT, I., GUTZMIRTL, H., GRGURIĆ, D., SENČIĆ, Ɖ., and ANTUNOVIĆ, Z.
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RING-necked pheasant , *SELENIUM in animal nutrition , *REQUIREMENTS for animal nutrition , *OLIGOSACCHARIDES , *CHICKENS , *PHYSIOLOGY - Abstract
The investigation included 37 pheasant chickens divided into three groups (control and two experimentals groups) which were all fed with a standard starter feed mixture (28% crude protein and 11.7 MJ ME/kg) for the first 28 days and then with a grower for pheasant chickens (24% of crude protein and 12.1 MJ ME/kg). Sel-Plex® was added to the first experimental group in a concentration of 0.2%. A biochemical investigation of the blood samples on the 70th day of the trial showed a significantly (P<0.05) lower concentration of creatinine and triacylglicerol (P<0.01), a significantly (P<0.05) higher level of band heterophils and a significantly lower (P<0.05) skin and offal weight (P<0.01). The highly valuable parts of the carcasses between groups were with no significant differences. Bio-Mos® (2 g/kg feed) was added to the second experimental group. These chickens had a higher level of glucose, triacylglicerol, lymphocites and monocytes, but with no statistical significance (P>0.05), when compared to the control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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