Swine and Poultry Nutrition

Effects of Selenium Supplementation on Reproductive Organ Development and Relative Hormone Secretion of Primiparous Laying Ducks at Low Ambient Temperatures

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  • Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China

Received date: 2011-05-24

  Online published: 2011-11-21

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to study the effects of selenium (Se) supplementation on reproductive organ development and relative hormone secretion of primiparous laying ducks aged from 120 to 155 days at low ambient temperatures (1 to 7 ℃). Two hundred and sixteen 120-day-old Jinding ducks (female) were randomly allotted to 6 groups with 6 replicates per group and 6 ducks in each replicate. Ducks in control group were fed a basal diet, and the others in experimental groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.08, 0.12, 0.20, 0.41 and 0.71 mg/kg Se, respectively. The experiment lasted for 5 weeks. The results showed as follows: 1) compared with the control group, adding 0.20 mg/kg Se significantly increased the contents of follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, progesterone in serum and the ovarium index (P<0.05), but there were no significant effects on oviduct length index and number of ovarian follicles in all groups (P>0.05). 2) Adding 0.20 mg/kg Se significantly decreased the contents of triiodothyronine and cortisol in serum (P<0.05), but different levels of Se had no significant effect on the thyroxin content in serum (P>0.05). In conclusion, under the condition of the experiment, adding 0.20 mg/kg Se can promote genital organ development and gonadal hormone secretion, regulate endocrine and reduce adverse effects of cold stress on primiparous laying ducks.

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HU Chenhui, WANG An, JIN Fengtao . Effects of Selenium Supplementation on Reproductive Organ Development and Relative Hormone Secretion of Primiparous Laying Ducks at Low Ambient Temperatures[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2011 , 23(11) : 1919 -1924 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2011.11.011

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