Effect of Organic Chromium on Performance, Physiological and Anti-oxidative Stress Indicators of Growing Japanese Quail under High Ambient Temperature

Dosoky, Waleed Mostafa; Zeweil, Hassan S; Ahmed, Mohamed H; Zahran, Soliman M; Ebeid, Tark A; Khalifah, Ayman M; Kashyout, Walaa A

doi:10.21608/jsas.2021.53399.1269

Effect of Organic Chromium on Performance, Physiological and Anti-oxidative Stress Indicators of Growing Japanese Quail under High Ambient Temperature

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University

² poultry production department, Faculty of Agriculture,, Kafr elsheikh University

³ Department of Livestock Res., Arid Lands Cultivation Res. Instit., City of Scientific Res. and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab, P.O. Box 21934, Alexandria, Egypt

10.21608/jsas.2021.53399.1269

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effect of Chromium methionine (CrMet) at different levels on growth parameters, blood constituents, immunity, and anti-oxidative properties of growing Japanese quail. A total of 150 7-day old unsexed Japanese quail chicks were randomly distributed to five dietary treatments of thirty birds to a treatment. Each treatment was replicated three times with ten birds to a replicate. Five isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets were formulated. CrMet was added to the basal diet at five different levels being 0, 200, 400, 600, and 800 mg /kg diet, respectively. CrMet supplementation improved body weight (BW) at 6 weeks of age by 2.3%. compared with those on diet 1 (control). Feed intake (FI) increased gradually by increasing CrMet levels in the diets compared with the control group and the group fed on 200 mg CrMet /kg diet. The best (P≤ 0.05) value of feed conversion ratio (FCR) was noticed in group fed 600 mg CrMet /kg as compared with other experimental groups. CrMet improved (P ≤ 0.01) the thymus, heart and testes weights, white blood cell (WBC) counts, hemoglobin (Hb), Packed cell volume (PCV%), and monocytes of growing Japanese quail. Also, Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and total antioxidant capacity, while albumin, albumin/globulin ratio, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total lipids, cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipid peroxide concentrations contents decreased significantly (P ≤ 0.01). In summary, inclusion of CrMet in growing quail diets may exert beneficial effects on growth parameters, blood constituents, immunity, and anti-oxidative properties.

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