Dietary supplementation with canthaxanthin and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol has beneficial effects on bone and oxidative metabolism in European quail breeders.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the effect of supplementation with canthaxanthin (Cx) and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OH-D₃) on the production performance, egg quality, bone mineral content, blood biochemical parameters, and antioxidant status of European quail breeders. Two hundred and forty quail breeders were distributed in a completely randomized design with 5 diets and 8 replicates of 4 females and 2 males were used. All quail breeders received one of 5 diets: basal diet (containing 2,000 IU vitamin D₃) or the same diet supplemented with 3 ppm Cx and 34.5 μg 25-OH-D₃, 6 ppm Cx and 69 μg 25-OH-D₃, 9 ppm Cx and 103.5 μg 25-OH-D₃, or 12 ppm Cx and 138 μg 25-OH-D₃. Production performance and internal and external egg qual

SUBMITTER: Bonagurio LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7598104 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature