Effect of Supplementation of Zinc-Methionine on Egg Production, Semen Quality, Reproductive Hormones, and Hatchability in Broiler Breeders

• Published in: Biological trace element research 2021-12, Vol.199 (12), p.4721-4730
• Main Authors: Prabakar, Govinthasamy, Gopi, Marappan, Kolluri, Gautham, Rokade, Jaydip Jaywant, Khillare, Gautham, Pearlin, Beulah V., Jadhav, Sunil Ekanath, Tyagi, Jagbir Singh, Mohan, Jag
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: adults; Albumen; Alkaline phosphatase; Animal Feed - analysis; Animals; Aspartate transaminase; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Birds; blood serum; Body weight; Calcium; Calcium (blood); Chickens; Cholesterol; Copper; Diet; Diet - veterinary; Dietary Supplements; Egg production; Egg yolk; Eggs; Estrogens; feed intake; Female; Females; Fertility; Hatchability; hens; Hormones; Humoral immunity; Immune response; Immunity; Immunology; Life Sciences; Male; males; Methionine; Nutrition; Oestrogens; Oncology; Phosphatase; Progesterone; Reproduction; reproductive performance; Semen; Semen Analysis; semen quality; seminal plasma; Serum; Sex hormones; Sperm; Sperm Motility; Spermatozoa; Testosterone; Transaminase; Zinc; Zinc - pharmacology; zinc methionine
• ISSN: 0163-4984; 1559-0720
• DOI: 10.1007/s12011-021-02590-9

A biological study was conducted to explore the effect of zinc-methionine (Zn-Met) supplementation on productive, reproductive, and immunological response in broiler breeders. Adult healthy 45-week breeder males (192) and females (288) were used in a completely randomized design. Birds were randomly divided into four treatments consisting of six replicates and fed basal diet (control, 40 mg/kg), basal diet supplemented with Zn-Met 20 (T1), 40 (T2), and 60 mg/kg (T3). There was no effect ( P  > 0.05) on body weight and feed consumption among the breeders due to the supplementation of organic Zn. The T3 group had significantly ( P