Volume: 3, 2024
3rd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland:
ENVIRONMENT – PLANT – ANIMAL – PRODUCT
Abstract number: A025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL3.A025
Published online: 24 April 2024
ICDSUPL, 3, A025 (2024)
Effect of feeding diet containing coccidiostat and administration of antibiotics to turkeys in the first days after hatching on the level of selected minerals in the yolk sac and blood serum
Radosław Smagieł1*, Krzysztof Tutaj1, Jan Jankowski2, Łukasz Szymański2,Katarzyna Solecka2, Paulius Matusevičius3, Katarzyna Ognik1
1 Department of Biochemistry and Toxicology, University of Life Sciences, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
2 Department of Poultry Science and Apiculture, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
3 Department of Animal Nutrition, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilzes 18, LT47181, Kaunas, Lithuania
* Corresponding author: radoslaw.smagiel@up.lublin.pl
Abstract
The experiment verified the hypothesis that early administration of an antibiotic, especially when fed a diet containing a coccidiostat, may affect the level of minerals in the blood and yolk sac. The experiment was conducted on 1152 one-day-old turkeys divided into 6 treatments: CM(-), EM(-), DM(-), CM(+), EM(+), DM(+). Turkeys in the M(-) groups did not receive monensin in the diet, while those in the M(+) groups received monensin at a dose of 90 mg/kg of feed. Turkeys in groups C, received no antibiotic supplement (control groups), while those in groups E received enrofloxacin at a dose of 10 mg/kg BW for the first 5 days of life, and those in groups D received doxycycline at a dose of 50 mg/kg BW for the first 5 days of life. The birds were vaccinated against APV and NDV on day 1 of life and against ORT on day 28 of life. Early administration of doxycycline reduced the levels of Ca, P, Mg and Zn in the yolk sacs of 3-day-old turkeys. Interestingly, on the 5th day of antibiotic administration (5 days of turkey life), no changes were found in the levels of the above-mentioned ingredients, which could be due to the fact that the yolk sacs were almost absorbed. Early administration of antibiotics resulted in a reduction in the Fe level in the blood of 3-day-old turkeys, and additionally, feeding the turkeys with a diet containing added monensin intensified the effect of reducing this element in the blood. Interestingly, in the group of turkeys receiving enrofloxacin in the first courses of life, the Fe level on the 56th day of life was significantly higher than in the control group or the group receiving doxycycline. The conducted research allows us to conclude that early administration of antibiotics may have a direct impact on the mineral metabolism of young birds and thus on the metabolism.
This work was supported by the National Science Centre in Poland, Grant No. 2020/39/B/NZ9/00765.
Keywords: enrofloxacin, doxycycline, monensine
How to cite
R. Smagieł, K. Tutaj, J. Jankowski, Ł. Szymański, K. Solecka, P. Matusevicius, K. Ognik, 2024. Effect of feeding diet containing coccidiostat and administration of antibiotics to turkeys in the first days after hatching on the level of selected minerals in the yolk sac and blood serum. In: 3rd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: Environment – Plant – Animal – Product. https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL3.A025