Influence of Dietary Methionine, Folic Acid and Cyanocobalamin and Their Interactions on the Performance of Broiler Breeder

El-Hussein, O.M.; Soliman, A. Z. M.; Elsherif, Hany Mohamed Ramadan

doi:10.3923/ijps.2018.189.196

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“…However, the research of Zhang et al [12] showed that FA supplementation of 2.0 mg/ kg for 12 weeks had no significant effect on abdominal fat related to diet, age, and species. e combination of 13 mg/kg of FAwith 0.25% meth and B12 for 11 weeks could also increase egg weight, hatchability, feed conversion ratio, and chicken weight, while blood parameters were insignificant [14]. Ezzat et al [49] reported that dietary supplementation of the Matrouh poultry strain with Betaine (BET) (1.0 g/kg) and FA (1.0 mg/kg) at 24-36 weeks in the Egyptian summer increased shell thickness, Haugh units, shell to egg weight, sperm motility, and decreased dead spermatozoa.…”

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“…Exogenous intake of FA is necessary because FA is an essential vitamin that acts as a cofactor and reaction cosubstrate in synthesizing amino and nucleic acids that are useful in nucleic acid synthesis, physiological processes, and regeneration of methionine [13]. Meanwhile, lacking folic acid supplementation could disrupt animal physiological functions, growth inhibition, and biochemistry [14]. For example, a lack of FA intake in pigs may change the expression of speci c genes, the amount of longissimus dorsi muscle bers, and intramuscular triglyceride levels [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, supplementing the poultry diet with FA could increase the consumption of FA in the human diet to reduce neural tube defects in infants [17]. El-Husseiny et al [14] show that folic acid could affect the value of relative economic efficiency, especially in developing countries. In addition, research conducted by Al-Saffar and Rose [18] showed that optimal amino acid supplementation in feed could positively affect economic efficiency.…”

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Folic Acid: Sources, Chemistry, Absorption, Metabolism, Beneficial Effects on Poultry Performance and Health

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Mahendra

Kamaludeen

2022

Veterinary Medicine International

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Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the study of the effects of folic acid (FA) on poultry because it was observed that FA could overcome problems in poultry health while improving its performance. FA, or folate, is a water-soluble B vitamin essential in poultry, so FA intake must be available in the feed. Sources of FA in feed come from plants or animals, and animal sources have relatively more stable FA. The ingested FA will be absorbed in the intestinal lumen and transported into the liver through the blood vessels. Therefore, FA has a positive effect on the performance and health status of poultry. The effect of FA on poultry performance is to increase reproductive tract development, FA content in eggs, hatchability, weight gain, average initial body weight, feed intake, relative growth rate, chick body weight, breast fillet percentage, and reduce FCR and white striping score. At the same time, the effect on poultry health influences antioxidant activities, thyroid hormones, blood biochemicals, anti-inflammatory gene expressions, and immune responses. The present review deals with FA sources, chemistry, absorption, metabolism, effects on performance, and poultry health, which are based on valid basic information.

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Folic Acid: Sources, Chemistry, Absorption, Metabolism, Beneficial Effects on Poultry Performance and Health

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Kamaludeen

2022

Veterinary Medicine International

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“…Since it is involved in nucleic acid synthesis, carbohydrate and fat metabolism, and methyl synthesis, the deficiency of vitamin B 12 will cause anemia, muscle weakness, severe neurologic problems, and many other symptoms in humans and animals (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6). In laying hens, numerous studies indicated that vitamin B 12 is required for optimal egg production, egg weight, and hen weight (7)(8)(9)(10)(11). Today, vitamins are commonly over fed in poultry feed to give safety margin for the deterioration of many vitamins during feed processing and storage (12)(13)(14).…”

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A Comparison of Production Performance, Egg Quality, and Cecal Microbiota in Laying Hens Receiving Graded Levels of Vitamin B12

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The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of fortified diets with standard vs. high levels of vitamin B12 on cecal microbiota composition, production performance, and eggshell quality of laying hens. Dietary treatments consisted of a basal diet with no supplementation of vitamin B12 or supplemented with 25, 100, and 400 μg/kg vitamin B12, respectively. A total of 432 laying hens were randomly assigned to four treatments with six replicates per treatment. No significant effect of dietary treatments on the production performance of hens was detected. The shell thickness of eggs from hens fed diet supplemented with 100 μg/kg of vitamin B12 was higher (P < 0.01) than that of eggs from hens fed control diet or supplemented with 25 μg/kg vitamin B12. The shell percentage of eggs from hens fed diet supplemented with 400 μg/kg of vitamin B12 was higher (P < 0.01) than that of eggs from hens fed other treatment diets. Dietary vitamin B12 did not modulate diversity of the cecal microbiota of the layers. At genus level, the cecal content from layers fed diet with supplemental level of 100 or 400 μg/kg of vitamin B12 had higher (P < 0.01) abundance of Faecalibacterium and lower (P < 0.05) abundance of Acinetobacter compared with the cecal content from layers fed other two diets. The abundance of Lactobacillus in the cecal samples from layers fed 100 μg/kg of supplemental level of vitamin B12 was higher (P < 0.05) than that from layers fed other three diets. The abundance of Butyricicoccus was higher (P < 0.05), while Bilophila was lower (P < 0.05) in the cecal content of layers fed 400 μg/kg of vitamin B12 diet compared with those from layers fed other three diets. The results of PICRUSt analysis indicated that 10 predicted metabolic functions of the cecal microbial communities were positively correlated to dietary vitamin B12 level. Overall, dietary supplementation of 100 or 400 μg/kg of vitamin B12 had equivalent effects and caused the significant change in composition and metabolic functions of cecal microorganisms, which could positively impact eggshell quality, metabolism, and gut health of laying hens.

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Influence of Dietary Methionine, Folic Acid and Cyanocobalamin and Their Interactions on the Performance of Broiler Breeder

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Folic Acid: Sources, Chemistry, Absorption, Metabolism, Beneficial Effects on Poultry Performance and Health

Folic Acid: Sources, Chemistry, Absorption, Metabolism, Beneficial Effects on Poultry Performance and Health

A Comparison of Production Performance, Egg Quality, and Cecal Microbiota in Laying Hens Receiving Graded Levels of Vitamin B12

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