Articles | Volume 61, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-179-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-179-2018
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20 Apr 2018
Original study |  | 20 Apr 2018

Effects of egg weight and in ovo injection of α-tocopherol on chick development, hatching performance, and lipid-soluble antioxidant concentrations in quail chick tissues

Elif Babacanoğlu, Mehmet Reşit Karageçili, and Filiz Karadaş

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Lipid-soluble antioxidants can be more effective for chick development when provided via in ovo (IO) injection than when supplemented to the maternal diet. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of egg weight and IO injection of α-tocopherol on chick development, hatching performance and lipid-soluble antioxidant concentrations in residual yolk sac and tissue of quail chick. IO α-tocopherol injection affected concentrations of tissue-specific lipid-soluble antioxidants in quail chicks.