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Effect of canthaxanthin content of the maternal diet on the antioxidant system of the developing chick

Surai, A.P., Surai, P.F., Steinberg, W., Wakeman, W.G., Speake, B.K., Sparks, N.H.C.·2003·British Poultry Science
DOI 10.1080/00071660310001616200
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1. Effects of canthaxanthin supplementation of the maternal diet on the antioxidant system of the developing chick were investigated. 2. Three hundred and twenty female broiler breeder birds were housed in one of 4 controlled environment rooms with 3 replicates for all treatments, with the exception of the control treatment of which there were 4 replicates. All birds received one of 5 diets: control low xanthophyll diet, or the same diet supplemented with 3, 6, 12 or 24 mg/kg canthaxanthin in the form of Carophyll Red. At 30 weeks of age 60 eggs from each of the 5 groups were incubated. At d 16 of the embryo development, at d 1 and d 7 posthatch tissue samples were collected and analysed by HPLC-based methods. 3. Canthaxanthin accumulation in the egg yolk was proportional to dietary content. Furthermore, at 12 to 24 mg/kg canthaxanthin was associated with an increase in gamma-tocopherol concentration in the egg yolk. Canthaxanthin was transferred from the egg yolk to the developing embryo and, as a result, its concentration in the liver of the embryo at 16 and in 1-d-old chicks was increased. Even at d 7 posthatch canthaxanthin concentration in the chicken liver was elevated. 4. Canthaxanthin supplementation of the maternal diet at 12 mg/kg was associated with an increased alpha-tocopherol concentration in the liver of 1-d-old chicks and resulted in decreased tissue susceptibility to lipid peroxidation. 5. Canthaxanthin supplementation at 6 to 24 mg/kg was also associated with a delay in alpha-tocopherol depletion from the liver for 7-d posthatch. As a result of the increased canthaxanthin and vitamin E concentrations in the liver of 7-d-old chicks, tissue susceptibility to lipid peroxidation decreased. 6. The results support an idea that dietary carotenoids can modulate antioxidant systems of the developing chicken.

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  • Canthaxanthin in dietary supplements to poultry is associated with increased vitamin E contents of the liver.

    “When included in dietary supplements to poultry, it has been shown to be associated with increased vitamin E contents of the liver (Surai et al., 2003).”

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Authors
Surai, A. P., Surai, P. F., Steinberg, W., Wakeman, W. G., Speake, B. K., & Sparks, N. H. C.
ORCID
Venue
British Poultry Science
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2003-09
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pages
612-619
ISSN
  • 0007-1668 (ISSN-L)
  • 1466-1799
DOI
10.1080/00071660310001616200
OpenAlex
W2136295354
Cited by
117
References
34
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • British Poultry Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Meat and Animal Product Quality
Keywords
canthaxanthin, maternal diet, carotenoids, antioxidant defense, chick embryo development, egg yolk, tocopherols, alpha-tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol, lipid peroxidation, embryo, liver, dietary supplementation
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Animals, Animal Feed, Antioxidants, Chick Embryo, Chickens, Diet, Egg Yolk, Female, Housing, Animal, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamins, Yolk Sac, Canthaxanthin, Tocopherols

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