The effect of addition of organic selenium on pheasant production characteristics
2014
Obradović, S. (State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar (Serbia). Department of Chemical-Technological Sciences) | Živković, B. (Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun (Serbia)) | Petrujkić, B. (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Živković, V. (Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun (Serbia)) | Živkov-Baloš, М. (Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Serbia)) | Radulović, M. (State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar (Serbia). Department of Chemical-Technological Sciences)
The effect of organic selenium as feed additive contained in the feed was investigated, applied in concentrations of 0.3 and 0.4 mg Se/kg mixture on production characteristics pheasant. The study was conducted on a total of 45 common pheasant individuals Phasianus colchicus, six weeks old, divided into three equal groups of 15 individuals for 60 days. The control pheasants group was fed with a standard mixture without addition of selenium during the experiment, while the mixture of group I contained 0.15 g/kg and pheasants group II had 0.20 g/kg additives with organic selenium. The results showed that different amounts of organic selenium presence in pheasants’ feed had a positive effect on analyzed productivity indicators of pheasants’ growth rate, both their final body weight and weight gain (p<0.05). Among examined groups of pheasant, gained differences in average feed conversion and total production index were not statistically significant (p> 0.05). The best production results were achieved by individual II group, which also had the highest selenium content in muscle tissue of the pectoral muscles, drumstick and thigh (p <0.05).
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