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MINERALS PROFILE OF SOME BROILER CHICKEN TISSUES AND ORGANS CONSECUTIVE SELENIUM INTAKE
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The main goal of our paper was to determine the consequences of selenium intake (0.2 ppm as selenium selenite) on mineral profile of some broiler chicken (Ross) tissues/organs. Scarcity of studies on reference ranges for various minerals in different tissues was the secondary reason of our study. Our results highlighted significant variations on minerals content from studied samples: blood пїЅ Cu, Mn, Fe; faeces пїЅ Cu, Mn, Fe, Mg; muscular stomach пїЅ Fe, Zn, Ca; liver пїЅ Fe, Mg, Ca, Na; kidney пїЅ Cu, Mg, Ca, Na, K; lung пїЅ Cu, Fe, Mg; gonades пїЅ Fe, Zn, Na; brain пїЅ Cu, Mn, Fe, Co, Mg; heart пїЅ Fe, Ca, Na; pectoral muscles пїЅ Cu, Fe, Co; leg muscles пїЅ Cu, Mn, Na; fat tissue пїЅ Fe, Co, K; long bone (tibia) пїЅ Mn, Fe, Ca; cranium пїЅ Co, Mg, Ca; sternum пїЅ Cu, Fe, Co, Zn; skin пїЅ Cu, Mg, K; feathers пїЅ Mn, Fe, Zn, Mg, Ca, K. Consecutive to selenium treatment, the highest registered level of minerals was: Fe in lung, liver and feaces; Co in brain and gonades; Zn in feather and kidney; Mg in cranium, tibia and muscles; Ca in sternum, tibia and cranium; Na in kidney and muscles; K in liver and muscles. The lowest level of minerals was: Fe in fat tissues and blood; Co in blood; Zn in sternum, fat tissues and blood; Mg in fat tissue and skin; Ca in blood; Na in fat tissue; K in fat tissue, feather and skin.
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