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ArticleTropical animal health and production2023

Mitigation of endogenous oxidative stress and improving growth, hemato-biochemical parameters, and reproductive performance of Zaraibi goat bucks by dietary supplementation with Chlorella vulgaris or/and vitamin C.

A E Abdel-Khalek, M M El-Maghraby, Zizy I Elbialy, Rasha A Al Wakeel, E A Almadaly, M Shukry, A A El-Badawy, H K Zaghloul, Doaa H Assar

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial, Veterinary
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Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A E Abdel-KhalekAnimal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Al-Mansoura, Egypt. abdelkhalk2004@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-2353
M M El-MaghrabyAnimal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Zizy I ElbialyDepartment of Fish Processing and Biotechnology, Faculty of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, Kafrelsheikh University, El-Geish Street, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1654-0015
Rasha A Al WakeelDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, El-Geish Street, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt.
E A AlmadalyDepartment of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, El-Geish Street, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt.
M ShukryDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, El-Geish Street, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt.
A A El-BadawyAnimal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
H K ZaghloulHigh Institute for Agricultural Co-Operation, Shoubra, Egypt.
Doaa H AssarDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, El-Geish Street, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt.
Kafrelsheikh University · EGAgricultural Research Center · EGMansoura University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was conducted to explore the effects of dietary inclusion of Chlorella vulgaris (CV) or/and vitamin C (VC) on growth, hemato-biochemical parameters, oxidative and antioxidant status, reproductive hormones, and semen quality variables, and scrotal-testicular dimensions of Zaraibi goat bucks. Twenty sexually mature bucks (41.49 ± 0.91 kg BW) were randomly divided into 4 groups (5 bucks/group). The control group was fed the control diet, while the other three groups received a diet supplemented with VC (2 g/animal /day), CV (5 g/animal/day), and CV plus VC (the same levels), respectively, for 8 weeks (treatment period), and then semen was collected for 8 weeks. Results showed that dietary supplementation with CV-VC combination significantly increased the final body weight, weight gain, packed cell volume, hemoglobin, red blood cells, white blood cells, and lymphocytes; elevated serum total protein, globulin, testosterone, estradiol, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase with a significant reduction in Malondialdehyde in serum and seminal plasma. Also, the CV-VC combination significantly improved the ejaculate volume, total sperm output, sperm concentration, and live sperm, and reduced reaction time and sperm abnormality of bucks. Either CV or VC given separately or in combination, at the chosen levels, had no detrimental effects on animal physiological responses with normal hepatic and renal functions. Therefore, the CV-VC combination could be safely utilized as a dietary supplement in buck's diets to improve antioxidant defenses, scavenge free radicals, and potentiate buck's reproductive activities under normal conditions.

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AntioxidantsChlorella vulgarisAnimalsAscorbic AcidDietDietary SupplementsGoatsMaleOxidative StressSeedsSemen AnalysisSpermatozoaVitaminsAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidVitaminsGoatLipid peroxidationMicroalgaeSemenVitamin C

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PMID37442841
PMCPMC10345023
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