EFFECT OF IN OVO NANO-SELENIUM AND GLUTAMINE ON HATCHABILITY, POST-HATCH PERFORMANCE AND SOME BLOOD BIOCHEMICAL INDICES IN JAPANESE QUAIL

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1 Animal production department, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

2 Poultry Production Dept., Faculty of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt.

3 Animal Production Dept., Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Egypt.

Abstract

A total number of 500 Japanese quail fertile eggs were used to study the effect of in ovo (I O) administration of Nano-Selenium (Nano - Se) and Glutamine (Gln) on hatchability, post hatch performance carcass and some blood biochemical traits. Eggs were divided into five treatments groups and injected just before incubation. The 1 st group was not injected (Negative Control; T 1), the 2 nd one was injected with Bovine Serum Albumin (B S A) (Positive control; T2), the 3 rd group was injected with Nano-Se at 2.5 p p b / egg (T 3), while, the 4 th (T 4) and 5 th (T 5) groups were injected with glutamine at 20 and 10 p p m / egg, respectively. The hatched chicks were distributed according to their treatments and reared up to the 6 th week of age. Parameters such as the hatchability, hatchlings weight, productive performance, carcass traits and some blood biochemical indices were estimated. The I O - Gln at 20 ppm (T 4) significantly improved hatchability, increased the productive performance of post-hatch quails (carcass weight, gizzard and breast muscles percentages) and enhanced the feed conversion ratio (F C R) compared to other groups. Furthermore, I O with Nano - Se (T 3) significantly increased plasma albumin and albumin / globulin (A / G) ratio, and decreased cholesterol and triglycerides levels, while high density lipoprotein (H D L) were significantly increased and low density lipoprotein (L D L) were significantly decreased by I O - Gln (T 4 and T 5). It could be concluded that using the in ovo administration of Nano - Se and Gln concentration for Japanese quail breeder eggs, had no negative effect on hatchability and could improve post-hatched performance carcass traits, particularly using Gln at a dosage of 20 p p m / egg.

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Volume 27, Issue 4
Agric. Economic Nos. 361 & 164 pp. 2037-2077 Agric. Biochemistry No. 165 pp. 2079-2088 Agric. Engineering Nos. 166 & 167 pp. 2089-2113 Agric. Microbiology No. 168 pp. 2115-2126 Food Sciences Nos. 169 … 174 pp. 2127-2203
November and December 2019
Pages 2321-2328

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