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PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND LIVE WEIGHT GAIN OF CAMEL CALVES AS INFLUENCED BY SELENIUM SOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION

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SUMMARY This study was carried out to investigate the impact of selenium source (i.e organic and inorganic) given at 8 mg/head/day on the antioxidant capacity of camel calves and their growth performance. Seventeen camels (nine male and eight female)  at 18 months of age with 172.47±10.56 kg average body weight   were randomly divided into three groups: group 1 (organic selenium, n=6), group 2 (inorganic selenium, n=6) plus vitamin E (15 IU/kg DM) and a control group (control, n=5). The three groups were housed in three semi-opened and shaded pens and fed the experimental diets for 115 days. A significant increase (P<0.05) in blood plasma metabolites including glucose, total protein, albumin, and total lipids was observed. Also, the plasma concentration of triiodothyronine was higher (P<0.05) in both Selenium supplemented  groups while the concentration of alkaline phosphatase was higher (P<0.05) only in the organic Selenium group. The values for alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, blood ureanitrogen, and creatinine were similar in the experimental groups and remained within the normal range. A significant improvement of antioxidantstatus was clearly reflected by the significant increase (P<0.05) in glutathioneperoxidase, catalase, total antioxidant capacity, and a decrease in malondialdehyde for supplemented groups vs control group. The concentrations of  plasma selenium, calcium and potassium were higher (P<0.05) in treated groups. Sodium concentration was similar (P>0.05) in the experimental groups. Average daily gain (g/d) was higher (P<0.05) in the Selenium supplemented groups with a clear difference between the organic selenium group compared with the others. It has been concluded that the supplementation of selenium to growing camel diets by (8 mg/head/d) improved growth performance and reduced oxidative stress without any adverse effect on animals. In addition, organic source showed a better effect than the inorganic source.

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10.21608/ejap.2022.245043

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Camel calves, Growth, selenium, blood metabolites, Enzymes, Hormones

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Gamal

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Ashour

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Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt

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gashour57@yahoo.com

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Sherif

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Dessouki

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Mohamed

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Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt

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Faten

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Abou-Ammou

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Fahmy

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Camel Research Department, Animal Production Research Institute, 12611 Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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Hossam

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Saad El-Deen

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Camel Research Department, Animal Production Research Institute, 12611 Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

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negomzeraa_2007@yahoo.com

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59

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2022-06-01

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2022-06-01

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0302-4520

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2735-3028

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Egyptian Journal of Animal Production

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PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS AND LIVE WEIGHT GAIN OF CAMEL CALVES AS INFLUENCED BY SELENIUM SOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION

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22 Jan 2023