"Effects on clinicopathologic lesions and serum analysis of exogenous L" by Benjamin Reuel G. Marte
 

Effects on clinicopathologic lesions and serum analysis of exogenous L-Carnitine in layer chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus, Linnaeus, 1758) with fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome

Professorial Chair Lecture

Southern California Filipino Veterinary Medical Association Professorial Chair Lecture

Date

6-30-2005

Abstract

An experiment was conducted using sixty 72-week old Single White Comb Leghorn (SCWL) layer chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in order to determine the influence of exogenous carnitine on liver gross lesions based on the number of hemorrhages present, liver histophatologic lesions based on the degree of fatty degeneration and number of necrotic areas, and on the blood serum levels of glucose, cholesterol and triclycerides.

The chickens were provided with rations of two metabolizable energy levels. One ration had an Me of 2,750 kcal/kg (standard ration) and the other with 2,900 kcal/kg (high energy ration). Two treatment groups of birds consumed the standard ration and the carnitine was supplied in the drinking water of one group. The next two treatment groups were given the high energy ration with one of the group provided with carnitine in the drinking water as well.

There was a higher number of hepatic hemorrhages grossly, degree of fatty degeneration and number of necrotic areas in the liver sections of the birds receiving the high energy ration than the birds consuming the standard ration.

Carnitine supplementation did not decrease the lesions in the liver. It, however, was able to decrease blood glucose level in all treatment groups. Carnitine addition had no effect on blood cholesterol level. There was an elevation of blood triglycerides in birds receiving the standard ration.

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

College

College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Language

English

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