Assessment of Serum Trace Elements in Thiram
Induced Tibial Dyschondroplasia Chickens
Houqiang Luo1,§*, Kun Li2, §,
Sheji Weng3,
Yu Bai1, Hui Zhang2, Khalid Mehmood2,4, Muhammad Shahzad4 and Jiaxiang Wang5*
1College
of Animal Science, Wenzhou Vocational College of Science and
Technology, Wenzhou 325006, People’s Republic of China; 2College
of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan
430070, People's Republic of China; 3Hospital
of Wenzhou Medical University, 109 Xueyuan XiRoad, Wenzhou 325027,
Zhejiang, China; 4University
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of
Bahawalpur, 63100 Pakistan; 5College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou
434023, People's Republic of China *Corresponding author:
chviolet1984@sina.com (HQL); wangjiaxiang1109@163.com (JXW)
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the
concentrations of various trace elements in thiram induced tibial
dyschondroplasia chickens. A total 30 day-old male chicks equally divided into
two groups including thiram group (n=15) and control group (n=15). Control group
was given basal diet throughout the study. Tibial dyschondroplasia was induced
by adding thiram @ 50 mg/kg into basal diet from day 3 post-hatch till the end
of experiment. Two milliliter bloods were collected from ten chickens of each
group on day 7 and 14. The serum was separated by centrifugation and blood serum
was assessed in triplicates by
Agilent 7700x equipped with an ASX 250 auto sampler.
The results were analyzed by student’s t-test, which revealed that the concentration of Cr, Mn, Fe,
Co, Ni, Mo, Cd and Pb in thiram group were increased significantly (P<0.05),
while the concentration of Cu in was significantly decreased on day 10 compared
to control group. The concentrations of Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni and Pb in thiram groups
on day 14 were significantly lower than control group, while concentration of Mo
was significantly higher in thiram group. The concentrations of Co, Cu and Cd on
day 14 were non-significantly different in both groups. The current study shows
that thiram effect Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Mo, Cd, Pb and Cu in the chick body
significantly which is not a good for chicken health. So, it provides
considerations to take the effective measures for poultry feed supplement to
prevent the occurrence of TD.
To Cite This Article: Luo H, Li K, Weng S, Bai Y, Zhang H, Mehmood K, Shahzad M and Wang J, 2018.
Assessment of serum trace elements in
thiram induced tibial dyschondroplasia chickens. Pak Vet J, 38(1):
101-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2018.020