Mehdi Vafaye Valleh; nahid Karimi zandi; Mahdeieh Najmadini
Volume 21, Issue 2 , July 2019, , Pages 193-207
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In this research, the effect of in ovo injection of egg yolk of native kahazak chicken into the egg yolk of the commercial Ross 308 strain at prior to incubation on some metabolic-related parameters were tested in the resulting progeny. The search parameters included feed intake, feed conversion ratio, ...
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In this research, the effect of in ovo injection of egg yolk of native kahazak chicken into the egg yolk of the commercial Ross 308 strain at prior to incubation on some metabolic-related parameters were tested in the resulting progeny. The search parameters included feed intake, feed conversion ratio, some of serum biochemical parameters, malondialdehyde concentration as well as relative expression of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and Neuropeptide Y (NPY) genes in progeny's brain tissue. To achieve this goal, 320 fertile Ross 308 eggs were equally allocated in a completely randomized design into two experimental groups, those injected with Khazak yolk (Test) and control group. Blood and tissue samples were collected at the end of experiment and evaluated for the parameters noted. Compared with the control group, khazak egg-yolk injection resulted in a significant improvement in the feed conversion ratio as well as significant decreases in serum triglyceride, triglyceride/HDL-C ratio, relative visceral fat mass content and levels of AMPK expression in the progeny's brain. In contrast, Khazak yolk injection had no effect on the 45-day body weight, cumulative feed intake, relative brain weight, serum glucose, cholesterol and LDL-c levels but also had no effects on malondialdehyde concentration and NPY expression in progeny brain tissue. According to the results of this study, the injection of native Khazak egg yolk into the yolk of the commercial Ross 308 eggs have effectively improved the feed efficiency and reduced AMPK expression in the diencephalon region of the progeny's brain.
mehdi Vafaye valleh; nahid Karimi zandi; Farzaneh Bazmandegan Shomeyli
Volume 20, Issue 4 , February 2019, , Pages 513-525
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In this study, effects of the in ovo injection of Khazak egg yolk into the yolk of the Ross 308 eggs on some of offspring's inflammatory and immune indices as well as on the relative expression of intestinal and hepatic TNF-α and/or Zo-1 genes, were investigated. For this purpose, 250 fertile Ross ...
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In this study, effects of the in ovo injection of Khazak egg yolk into the yolk of the Ross 308 eggs on some of offspring's inflammatory and immune indices as well as on the relative expression of intestinal and hepatic TNF-α and/or Zo-1 genes, were investigated. For this purpose, 250 fertile Ross 308 eggs were randomly assigned into two equal experimental groups including test (In ovo injection of Khazak yolk) and control (In ovo injection of Ross yolk) group. After hatching, chickens were reared for six weeks under the same standard environmental conditions with exposure to some certain inflammatory stimuli between 21-28 days of age. Chicken’s blood and/or tissues samples were collected on days 10 and 42, and the samples were analyzed for the target traits. Results showed that Khazak yolk component caused a reduction in the levels of pro-inflammatory TNF-α cytokine in both offspring's liver and intestinal tissue (P<0.05). Compared to the control group, khazak yolk injection was found to enhance the titer of IgA natural antibodyas well as primary and secondary antibody titer response against sheep red blood cells (SRBC) and reduces both serum levels of offspring's CRP protein and liver ALT enzyme (P<0.05). According to the results of the present study, injection of Khazak native hen egg-yolk into the yolk of eggs from Ross 308 commercial broiler breeder can effectively suppress the expression of TNF-α inflammatory cytokine in the offspring's liver and intestinal tissue.
Rokhsareh Najadini; Gholam Dashab; mehdi vafae valleh; nasrollah moradi
Volume 20, Issue 2 , August 2018, , Pages 225-241
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Heat stress is one of the most important environmental stressors challenging poultry production worldwide, especially in warm regions such as Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. Heat stress increases the production of free radicals in the chicken’s body. Glutathione peroxidase plays important ...
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Heat stress is one of the most important environmental stressors challenging poultry production worldwide, especially in warm regions such as Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. Heat stress increases the production of free radicals in the chicken’s body. Glutathione peroxidase plays important roles as cellular antioxidants in heat stress. The aim of this study was to conduct an analysis of the evolutionary and phylogenetic of GPX-1 in Ross 308 and Khazak populations. Boold samples were collected from 10 birds selected randomly from two stocks of Khazak and Ross 308 population (5 Ross 308 and 5 Khazak birds). DNA was extracted from whole blood. PCR amplification of 800 bp of GPX-1 was performed using one pairs of special primers. Then, PCR product sent for DNA sequencing. Sequence alignment of the GPX-1 fragment revealed a total of 9 haplotypes and 13 variable sites. Out of 13 polymorphic sites, 5 were singletons. Dendrogram of phylogenetic showing genetic similarity between the two populations, but probably diversity within populations indicate the possibility to improve genetic changes and increase the resistance to environmental stresses using selection. The results of genetic distance and polymorphic site of GPX-1 in different species approved phylogenetic tree findings. Study of positive- selection process showed that selection and evolution are playing major roles in understanding the biological function of this gene.ش
Farzaneh Bazmandegan
Volume 19, Issue 2 , August 2017, , Pages 507-519
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To examine the possible role of maternal effect on progeny immune system development, the injection effects of the khazak yolk into the yolk of the commercial Ross egg on the performance, immunity and expression of TLR4 was determined in the commercial Ross chicken. For this purpose, 150 ROSS fertile ...
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To examine the possible role of maternal effect on progeny immune system development, the injection effects of the khazak yolk into the yolk of the commercial Ross egg on the performance, immunity and expression of TLR4 was determined in the commercial Ross chicken. For this purpose, 150 ROSS fertile eggs were randomly assigned to two experimental groups including group I (control-in ovo Ross yolk injection) and group II (in ovo khazak yolk injection) and were kept in incubator for 3 weeks. After incubation period, newly hatched chickens were fed with balanced ration for six weeks. Three Chickens from each experimental group were respectively killed at 27- and 42-d posthatch for analysis of immune organs weight (liver, burs and thymus), The HI anti- body titer levels and liver TLR4 mRNA expression levels. The results of Statistical analysis demonstrated that the in-ovo injection of khazak yolk into the Ross eggs not only significantly enhances growth rate and immune function but also decreases expression of TLR4 mRNA in the liver of treated group compared with the control group (P˂0.05). On the basis of these results it's possible that injection of khazak yolk into the Ross eggs at the first day of embryonic development enhances the chicken immune response at older ages.
Samane Abuli; Gholam Reza Dashab; Mohammad Rokouei; Mehdi Vafaei valeh
Volume 17, Issue 1 , April 2015, , Pages 107-117
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The polymorphism in exon three of FABP4 gene and its association with growth traits of 45 Sistani (n=30) and Dashtiari (n=15) cattle were investigated. DNA extraction from the whole blood was performed and its quality was determined by electrophoresis of one percent agarose gel. Animal genotypes were ...
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The polymorphism in exon three of FABP4 gene and its association with growth traits of 45 Sistani (n=30) and Dashtiari (n=15) cattle were investigated. DNA extraction from the whole blood was performed and its quality was determined by electrophoresis of one percent agarose gel. Animal genotypes were determined based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products and their band size electrophoresed on agarose 2.8 percent resulted from enzyme digestion by NlaIII. The pattern of bands showed three genotypes including AA, AB and BB in two Sistani and Dashtiari breeds with frequency of 67, 30 and three percent and 73, 27 and zero percent, respectively. The frequency of A and B alleles in exon three of FABP4 in Sistani and Dashtiari breeds were 82 and 18 percent and 86.5 and 13.5 percent, respectively. Heterozygosity indices including Shannon index (I), Nei’s index, observed and expected heterozygosity in Sistani and Dashtiari population were 48, 30, 30 and 30 percent and 39, 11, 27 and 24 percent, respectively. The association between genotypes and growth-related traits were significant for body weights in six, nine and 12 months of age. Therefore, this locus can be considered as a candidate gene in breeding programs for describing the variation of growth traits after weaning age in calves.