Natural Antioxidants in Avian Nutrition and Reproduction provides up-to-date information about natural antioxidants in relation to avian physiology, nutrition and reproduction. A comparison with farm animals and humans is made where appropriate.
This book combines fundamental information on these substances together with their practical applications in the poultry industry. It also presents a comprehensive review on major natural antioxidants in relation to poultry production and avian species in general.
Contents
Antioxidant systems in animal body
- Free radicals and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species
- Three levels of antioxidant defence
- Antioxidant-pro-oxidant balance in the body and stress conditions
Vitamin E
- Chemical structure and biological activity
- Occurrence in nature and feed sources
- Absorption and metabolism
- Molecular mechanisms of action
- Vitamin E deficiency
- Vitamin E excess
- Vitamin E requirement and supplementation
Carotenoids
- Chemical structure and properties
- Occurrence in nature and feed sources
- Absorption and bioavailability
- Molecular mechanisms of action
- Carotenoids in avian plasma and egg yolk
- Carotenoids and chick embryo development
- Carotenoid discrimination in avian tissues
Selenium
- Occurrence and feed sources
- Absorption, availability and metabolism
- Molecular mechanisms of action: selenoproteins
- Selenium deficiency
- Selenium toxicity and selenosis
- Pro-oxidant properties of selenite and possible antioxidant protection by SeMet
- Selenium and chicken embryo development
- Selenium and semen quality
- Selenium requirement for poultry breeders
- Selenium and egg freshness
- Selenium and meat quality, broiler performance and feathering
- Practical approaches to im0prove selenium status of poultry
Developing optimal egg status for a viable chick
- Lipids and polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Natural antioxidants
- Digestive and immune system development
Antioxidant-enriched eggs: from improvement of egg composition to functional food
- The egg and cholesterol
- Designer eggs as a source of essential nutrients in the human diet
- Super egg development and evaluation
- Eggs are on the way to functional food
Fatty acid composition and antioxidant protection of avian semen
- Vitamin E and fertility
- Fatty acid composition of avian semen
- Lipid peroxiation in avian semen
- Antioxidant protection in avian semen
- Antioxidant properties of seminal plasma
- Dietary effects on fatty acid composition and antioxidant capacity of semen
Natural antioxidants and mycotoxins
- Mycotoxins and lipid peroxidation
- Effects of mycotoxins on antioxidant systems
- Mycotoxins and apoptosis
- Protective effects of antioxidants agaianst mycotoxicoses
Natural antioxidants and immunity
- The avian immune system and its evaluation
- Antioxidants and antibody production
- Antioxidants and lymphocyte function
- Antioxidants and phagocyte function
- In vitro effects of antioxidants on the immune system
- Antioxidants and disease resistance
- Mechanisms of immunostimulating properties of antioxidants
Natural antioxidants: from the animal feed industry to human health
- Diet optimization and human health
- Vitamin E
- Carotenoids
- Selenium
- Are there ideal diets?
- Antioxidants and functional food
Index
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