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1. A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary cholecalciferol (vitamin D 3 ) and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OH-D 3 ) supplementation on the reproductive performance, egg quality, eggshell ultrastructure, serum hormone level and antioxidant capacity, intestinal morphology and tibia quality of breeder geese during the laying period. 2. The trial was designed as a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement with three levels (300, 400 and 500 IU/kg) of vitamin D 3  supplementation and three levels (25, 50 and 75 μg/kg) of 25-OH-D 3  supplementation in a 10-wk feeding trial. 3. The results showed that the combined supplementation of 400 IU/kg vitamin D 3  and 50 μg/kg 25-OH-D 3  had a better feed conversion ratio and a higher egg laying rate than the other groups. Vitamin D 3  supplementation significantly increased the rate of qualified eggs for hatching, eggshell strength and thickness, serum testosterone and progesterone levels, serum total superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities, tibia ash content and bone mineral density ( P  &lt; 0.05). Dietary 25-OH-D 3  supplementation significantly increased serum glutathione peroxidase activity and duodenal villus height and villus height-to-crypt-depth ratio ( P  &lt; 0.05). The geese receiving 500 IU/kg vitamin D 3  and 75 µg/kg 25-OH-D 3  had the highest tibia calcium and phosphorous content among all groups ( P  &lt; 0.05). 4. Feeding 400 IU/kg vitamin D 3  plus 50 µg/kg 25-OH-D 3  gave optimal effects on feed conversion ratio and egg laying rate. This combination could be a nutritional strategy for increasing the laying rate, eggshell quality, serum hormone levels and serum antioxidant function regardless of 25-OH-D 3  supplementation. Supplementation of 50 μg/kg 25-OH-D 3  could be a recommended dose for improving the serum antioxidant capacity and intestinal morphology regardless of vitamin D 3  supplementation.

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Dietary cholecalciferol and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol supplementation interact to modulate reproductive performance, egg quality, serum antioxidant capacity, intestinal morphology and tibia quality of breeder geese