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Effects of selenium source on male broiler performance, breast yield and plasma thyroid hormones in different levels of dietary energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

M Hafezparast*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran
A Samie
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran
J Pourreza
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran
H Rahmani
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Selenium (Se) is a dietary trace mineral for poultry. Organic Se such as selenomethionin (SM) increases plasma Se more affectively than inorganic forms such as sodium selenite (SS) (Payne and Southern 2005). Thyroxine 5’-deiodinase-1 (D1) is a selenoenzyme in liver which converts T4 to T3 (main thyroid hormone in poultry) and produces 95% of plasma T3 (Bianco et. al. 2002). This study describes the effects of SM (Biokey® Selen) versus SS on growth performance and plasma level of thyroid hormones by using different levels of dietary energy.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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References

Payne, R. L. and Southern, L. L. 2005. Poultry Science. 84, 898–902 Google Scholar
Bianco, A. C., Salvatore, D., Gereben, B., Berry, M. J., and Larsen, P. R. 2002. Endocrinology Review. 23, 38–89 Google Scholar