Effect of Selenium Nanoparticles on Anti-Oxidative Level, Egg Production and Quality and Blood Parameter of Laying Hens Exposed to Deoxynivalenol

Wenhui Qu,Kehe Huang,Ye Xia,Junhua Yang,Fei Zhou,Denian Miao,Zhenzhen Sun,Kechun Zhang,Ruihua Zhang

doi:10.21767/2572-5459.100021

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) that had been biologically synthesized by Bacillus licheniformis to counteract deoxynivalenol (DON) toxicity in laying hens. Ninety-six healthy, 20-week-old laying hens were randomly assigned to four treatment groups, each of which included 3 replicates of 8 layers, and fed four different diets: an uncontaminated basal diet (control group), a 10 mg/kg DON-contaminated basal diet (DON group), a 10 mg/kg DON-contaminated basal diet with 0.5 mg/kg SeNPs (DON+SeNPs group) and the basal diet with 0.5 mg/kg SeNPs (SeNPs group). Serum T-AOC and GPx activities were significantly decreased (P<0.05) in hens fed the DON-contaminated diet, and DON significantly decreased the egg production rate (P<0.05), significantly increased the soft-shelled or cracked egg rate (P<0.05), significantly decreased serum calcium and inhibited the immune systems of the animals according to blood routine indexes. However, SeNPs improved the levels of GPx and T-AOC, increased the egg production rate, significantly decreased the soft-shelled or cracked egg rate (P<0.05), and decreased the influence of DON on the blood routine. In addition, SeNPs significantly (P<0.05) increased serum calcium. However, no differences were observed in egg quality (egg weight, Haugh units, yolk color, eggshell strength and eggshell thickness) among the four groups. These results showed that SeNPs could provide effective anti-oxidative protection against DON toxicity in laying hens, reduced DON’s influence on egg production and blood calcium

Highlights

Deoxynivalenol (DON), known as vomitoxin, is one of several mycotoxins produced by certain Fusarium species that frequently infect corn, wheat, and other grains in the field or during storage, resulting in great economic losses [1]
DON could increase the production of free radicals, initiating oxidative stress [6,7,8,9], and both in vitro [10,11,12] and in vivo [13,14,15] studies have suggested that DON causes DNA fragmentation and lipid peroxidation (LPO), which lead to cell death and apoptosis through oxidative stress
Bacillus licheniformis, which was previously isolated from a pig farm and identified by 16S rRNA and gyrB gene analysis techniques, was used to biosynthesize selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) following the method described by Shakibaie et al [22]

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Introduction

Deoxynivalenol (DON), known as vomitoxin, is one of several mycotoxins produced by certain Fusarium species that frequently infect corn, wheat, and other grains in the field or during storage, resulting in great economic losses [1]. Many studies have suggested that the presence of DON in food and feed negatively affects health and productivity, by causing anorexia and vomiting [2,3], but different species exhibit different sensitivities. The productive and growth performance of laying hens, as well as the related economic income, seriously decrease as the DON concentration increases. DON could increase the production of free radicals, initiating oxidative stress [6,7,8,9], and both in vitro [10,11,12] and in vivo [13,14,15] studies have suggested that DON causes DNA fragmentation and lipid peroxidation (LPO), which lead to cell death and apoptosis through oxidative stress. All of the above studies demonstrate the key role of oxidative stress in DON toxicity from different perspectives

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