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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

Use of Chemical Nano-Selenium as an Antibacterial and Antifungal Agent in Quail Diets and Its Effect on Growth, Carcasses, Antioxidant, Immunity and Caecal Microbes.

Mahmoud Alagawany, Shaza Y A Qattan, Youssef A Attia, Mohamed T El-Saadony, Shaaban S Elnesr, Mohamed A Mahmoud, Mahmoud Madkour, Mohamed E Abd El-Hack, Fayiz M Reda

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Mahmoud AlagawanyPoultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8020-0971
Shaza Y A QattanBiological Sciences Department, Microbiology, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80203, Saudi Arabia.
Youssef A AttiaAgriculture Department, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6505-3240
Mohamed T El-SaadonyDepartment of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8633-1836
Shaaban S ElnesrPoultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4430-1492
Mohamed A MahmoudDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, New Valley University, New Valley 72511, Egypt.
Mahmoud MadkourAnimal Production Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2913-1314
Mohamed E Abd El-HackPoultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-2831-8534
Fayiz M RedaPoultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.
Zagazig University · EGKing Abdulaziz University · SAFayoum University · EGNational Research Centre · EGSouth Valley University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nano-minerals are used to enhance mineral bioavailability, which helps improve animal growth and health. The use of chemical nano-selenium (Che-SeNPs) has lately attracted great scientific interest, mainly due to its potential benefits for poultry. The current study was conducted to investigate the impact of the dietary supplementation of Che-SeNPs on the growth performance, carcass traits, blood constituents, antioxidant status, immunity, and gut microbiota of Japanese quails. A total of one week-old 180 Japanese quails were randomly distributed into four equal groups, and each group consisted of 45 unsexed birds with five replications (nine birds each). The first group was fed a basal diet without supplementation (0 g/kg Che-SeNPs), and the second, third, and fourth groups were fed diets containing 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 g/kg Che-SeNPs, respectively. The results showed that the dietary supplementation of Che-SeNPs significantly (

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bloodnano particlespathogensperformancequailsselenium

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PMID34827760
PMCPMC8614390
OpenAlexW3165015338

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