Maternal diet deficient in riboflavin induces embryonic death associated with alterations in the hepatic proteome of duck embryos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal riboflavin deficiency (RD) induces embryonic death in poultry. The underlying mechanisms, however, remain to be established and an overview of molecular alterations at the protein level is still lacking. We investigated embryonic hepatic proteome changes induced by maternal RD to explain embryonic death.

Methods

A total of 80 45-week-old breeding female ducks were divided into two groups of 40 birds each, and all birds were raised individually for 8 weeks. All the female ducks received either a RD or a riboflavin adequate (control, CON) diet, which supplemented the basal diet with 0 or 10 mg riboflavin /kg of diet respectively.

Results

The riboflavin concentrations of maternal plasma and egg yolk, as well as egg hatchability declined markedly in th

SUBMITTER: Tang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6419344 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature