THE EFFECT OF ADDITION OF ORGANIC SELENIUM ON PHEASANT PRODUCTION CHARACTERISTICS
2014
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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