Open AccessThe effects of organic selenium and mannan oligosaccharides on the productivity and health of pheasant chicken (Phasianus colchicus)
Author(s) -
Marcela Šperanda,
Tihomir Florijančić,
Ivica Bošković,
Irella Bogut,
Hrvoje Gutzmirtl,
Dražen Grgurić,
Đuro Senčić,
Zvonko Antunović
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
acta veterinaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1820-7448
pISSN - 0567-8315
DOI - 10.2298/avb0801063s
Subject(s) - pheasant , phasianus , mannan , starter , zoology , biology , selenium , creatinine , food science , chemistry , biochemistry , polysaccharide , ecology , organic chemistry
The investigation included 37 pheasant chickens divided into three groups (control and two experimentals groups) which were all fed with a standard starter feed mixture (28% crude protein and 11.7 MJ ME/kg) for the first 28 days and then with a grower for pheasant chickens (24% of crude protein and 12.1 MJ ME/kg). Sel-Plex® was added to the first experimental group in a concentration of 0.2%. A biochemical investigation of the blood samples on the 70th day of the trial showed a significantly (P<0.05) lower concentration of creatinine and triacylglicerol (P<0.01), a significantly (P<0.05) higher level of band heterophils and a significantly lower (P<0.05) skin and offal weight (P<0.01). The highly valuable parts of the carcasses between groups were with no significant differences. Bio-Mos® (2 g/kg feed) was added to the second experimental group. These chickens had a higher level of glucose, triacylglicerol, lymphocites and monocytes, but with no statistical significance (P>0.05), when compared to the control