Efficacy of hepatoprotectors in prophylaxis of hepatosis of laying hens

  • L. G. Slivinska Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies
  • V. Y. Yaremchuk Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies
  • A. R. Shcherbatyy Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies
  • B. V. Gutyj Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies
  • H. O. Zinko Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies
Keywords: metabolism; liver; blood serum; productivity; poultry survival; enzymes; proteins.

Abstract

Hepatoses of laying hens are quite common in poultry farms as a result of improper practices of poultry maintenance consisting in excessive number of protein feeds for provision of high productivity. The objective of the study was preventive efficacy of Gep-A-Stress hepatoprotectors (carnitine hydrochloride, D L methionine, sorbitol, choline chloride, magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) and Hepasan VS (L-carnitine hydrochloride, sorbitol, choline chloride, magnesium sulfate hepahydrate, betaine hydrochloride, L-arginin) against hepatosis of laying hens. To determine the efficacy of Hep-A-Stres and Hepasan-VS hepatoprotectors during production tests (n = 4,500), we monitored the parameters of survival rate (the final number of individuals as percentage of the initial number) and egg productivity of laying hens. We determined that after 30 days of using the hepatoprotectors, the content of overall protein in blood serum of laying hens of the first and the second experimental groups decreased by 21.4% and 18.9% compared with the parameters prior to providing the hepatoprotectors and by 26.3% and 23.3% compared with the control group after receiving the drug. The urea contents in blood serum increased by 19.0% and 10.5%. Compared with the control, the activity of alanine aminotransferase decreased by 43.7% and 24.1% in the first experimental group and by 23.4% and 14.9% in the second. The activity of aspartate aminotransferase in blood serum of the experimental groups decreased by 10.7%. The cholesterol concentration decreased by 50% and 58.3%. The content of triaglycerols decreased by 24.1% and 8.9% respectively. The concentrations of high-density lipoproteins after 30 days of the experiment decreased by 33.3% and 77.8% respectively, the content of low-density lipoproteins decreased by 61.3% and 40.4% and 42.3%. Population maintenance equaled respectively 97.1%, 98.3% and 98.1%. At the end of the experiment, the egg productivity of laying hens of the first and second groups increased by 4% and 3.6% compared with the control. Therefore, intake of the hepaprotectors by laying hens stimulated their metabolism, positively influenced the blood parameters, survival and egg productivity. The conducted studies confirm the benefits of using hepatoprotectors for the prohylaxis of hepatosis of hens.

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Published
2022-08-04
How to Cite
Slivinska, L. G., Yaremchuk, V. Y., Shcherbatyy, A. R., Gutyj, B. V., & Zinko, H. O. (2022). Efficacy of hepatoprotectors in prophylaxis of hepatosis of laying hens . Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 13(3), 287-293. https://doi.org/10.15421/022237

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