Savina AA, Zaitsev SYu, Voronina OA, Rykov RA.

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2026. Vol. 109. No. 3. Р. 229-239.

doi: 10.33284/2658-3135-109-3-229

 

Original article

 

Changes in blood antioxidant parameters of broiler chickens fed with rapeseed

 

Anastasia A Savina1, Sergey Yu Zaitsev2, Oksana A Voronina3, Roman A Rykov4

1,2,3,4Federal Research Centre for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member LK Ernst,

Dubrovitsy, Russia

1kirablackfire@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0257-1643

2s.y.zaitsev@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1533-8680

3voroninaok-senia@inbox.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6774-4288

4brukw@bk.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0228-8901

 

Abstract. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between antioxidant parameters such as the total concentration of water-soluble antioxidants (TСWSA) and ceruloplasmin (CP) in the blood serum and biochemical data when feeding broiler chickens with different concentrations of rapeseed. Four groups of Smena 9 broiler chickens were formed: one control and three experimental groups, with 5 birds in each group (with the addition of 25 %, 50 % and 75 % rapeseed). The obtained data were processed in Microsoft Excel. The study found that the highest TСWSA content was found in the blood serum of chickens in the control group (29.25 mg/L). When feeding broiler chickens with compound feed with the addition of different amounts of rapeseed (from 25% to 75%), an overall decrease in the average TСWSA is observed across groups. Changes in the CP values in the blood serum are insignificant across groups. The correlations between TСWSA and total protein (and globulins) were similar: negative in the control and when chickens were fed rapeseed at concentrations up to 25% (experimental group 1). In experimental groups 2 and 3, the correlations were positive. For albumin and uric acid, the correlation was negative in the control, but positive dynamics emerged when feeding rapeseed. Moreover, the strength of the correlation increased with increasing rapeseed content in the poultry diet. This is explained by the fact that uric acid is the “end-product” of protein metabolism in birds, and albumin represents approximately half of all proteins in chicken blood serum.

Keywords: poultry farming, poultry feed, chickens, antioxidants, blood biochemistry

Acknowledgments: the work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Project No. 25-16-00095; to Prof. V.G. Vertiprakhov, Head of the Department of Animal Physiology, Ethology, and Biochemistry, KA Timiryazev Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Agricultural Academy.

For citation: Savina AA, Zaitsev SYu, Voronina OA, Rykov RA. Changes in blood antioxidant parameters of broiler chickens fed with rapeseed. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2026;109(3):229-239. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-109-3-229

 

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Information about the authors:

Anastasia A Savina, Researcher, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals, Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member LK Ernst, 60 Dubrovitsy village, Podolsk City district, Moscow region, 142132, +7 (4967) 65-11-63.

Sergey Yu Zaitsev, Dr Sci. (Chemical), Dr Sci. (Biology), Leading Researcher, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals, Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member LK Ernst, 60 Dubrovitsy village, Podolsk City district, Moscow region, 142132, +7 (4967) 65-11-63.

Oksana A Voronina, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Leading Researcher, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals, Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member LK Ernst, 60 Dubrovitsy village, Podolsk City district, Moscow region, 142132, +7 (4967) 65-11-63.

Roman A Rykov, Leading Specialist, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals, Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member LK Ernst, 60 Dubrovitsy village, Podolsk City district, Moscow region, 142132, +7 (4967) 65-11-63.

There is no conflict of interest.

The article was submitted 27.01.2026; approved after reviewing 16.06.2026; accepted for publication 14.09.2026.

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