Potentials of dietary zinc supplementation in improving growth performance, health status, and meat quality of broiler chickens

IP Ogbuewu, CA Mbajiorgu - Biological Trace Element Research, 2023 - Springer
The demand for chicken meat is on the rise, necessitating high level of production and
efficient feed conversion which to a certain extent can be actualized by the use of specific …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary zinc source impacts intestinal morphology and oxidative stress in young broilers

A De Grande, S Leleu, E Delezie, C Rapp, S De Smet… - Poultry science, 2020 - Elsevier
Zinc is an essential nutritional trace element for all forms of life as it plays an important role
in numerous biological processes. In poultry, zinc is provided by in-feed supplementation …

Effects of organic zinc on production performance, meat quality, apparent nutrient digestibility and gut microbiota of broilers fed low-protein diets

L Dong, Y Li, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, J Ren, J Zheng… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The high cost of feed and nitrogen pollution caused by high-protein diets have become
major challenges restricting sustainable development in China's animal husbandry sector …

Effect of zinc on the immune response and production performance of broilers: a meta-analysis

C Hidayat, A Jayanegara, E Wina - Asian-Australasian journal …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective This study performed a meta-analysis of published trials to determine the effects of
zinc on the immune response and production performance of broilers. Methods A database …

Comparing the effect of diet supplementation with different zinc sources and levels on growth performance, immune response and antioxidant activity of tilapia …

ATY Kishawy, EM Roushdy, FAM Hassan… - Aquaculture …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The current study was designed as (2× 3) factorial groups of 20 and 40 mg Zn/kg diet from
each inorganic (zinc oxide), organic (Zn‐methionine) and nanoparticle (nano‐zinc oxide) …

Effect of different sources of supplemental zinc on performance, nutrient digestibility, and antioxidant enzyme activities in lambs

R Alimohamady, H Aliarabi, RM Bruckmaier… - Biological trace element …, 2019 - Springer
Zinc (Zn) is an essential element in the growth of all animals and plays structural and
catalytic roles in many enzymes and functional proteins. Two completely randomized trials …

Litter quality and incidence and severity of footpad dermatitis in heat stressed broiler chickens fed supplemental zinc

E Kuter, Ö Cengiz, BH Köksal, Ö Sevim, O Tatlı… - Livestock Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we evaluated the effect of dietary Zn supplementation on growth performance,
serum Zn concentration, litter quality attributes, and occurrence of footpad dermatitis in …

Bioavailability of methionine-coated zinc nanoparticles as a dietary supplement leads to improved performance and bone strength in broiler chicken production

A Alkhtib, D Scholey, N Carter, GWV Cave, BI Hanafy… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Nanotechnology is becoming widely accepted and being adapted for use
in different fields. In the animal feed sector, there is potential for delivery of minerals using a …

Effects of in ovo injection of zinc or diet supplementation of zinc on performance, serum biochemical profiles, and meat quality in broilers

HJ Kim, HK Kang - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Zinc (Zn) is known as an essential trace mineral that plays a key role in
metabolic processes such as synthesis, stability, and catalytic activity of many proteins in …

Effects of dietary zinc levels on the growth performance, organ zinc content, and zinc retention in broiler chickens

TY Zhang, JL Liu, JL Zhang, N Zhang… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The objective of this study was to investigate the optimal zinc (Zn) requirement of broiler
chickens based on Zn retention. On the day of hatch, 350 male Ross 308 broilers were …