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Production of chickens with marginal vitamin A deficiency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Clive E. West ,
S. Reinder Sijtsma ,
Harry P. F. Peters ,
Jan H. W. M. Rombout  and
Akke J. Van Der Zijpp
Clive E. West
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen
S. Reinder Sijtsma
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands Department of Animal Husbandry, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
Harry P. F. Peters
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen
Jan H. W. M. Rombout
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
Akke J. Van Der Zijpp
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Marginally vitamin A-deficient 1-d-old chickens capable of remaining healthy for at least 6 weeks were produced using a two-generation model. In this model, hens fed on diets with a limited vitamin A content were used to obtain 1-d-old chickens which were marginally deficient in vitamin A. Only hens with a narrow range of plasma retinol values (0.60–0.85 μmol/l) were satisfactory for this purpose. Above this range the 1-d-old chickens were not marginally vitamin A deficient. Below this range egg production and hatchability were affected to some extent depending on the degree of vitamin A deficiency. Even when egg production and hatchability remained at a high level in such birds, the 1-d-old chickens produced were not sufficiently strong to survive the first weeks of life. The advantages of the two-generation model for producing marginally vitamin A-deficient chickens are the increased uniformity and predictability of the chickens with respect to body-weight, general health and vitamin A status. However, it does take about 3 months to produce such chickens.

Keywords

Vitamin A deficiencyChickenAnimal model
Type
Marginal Vitamin A Status
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 283 - 291
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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