Optimizing selenium-enriched yeast supplementation in laying hens: Enhancing egg quality, selenium concentration in eggs, antioxidant defense, and liver health - Zhang, Longfei; Zhou, Jianmin; Obianwuna, Uchechukwu Edna; Long, Cheng; Qiu, Kai; Zhang, Haijun; Qi, Xiaolong; Wu, Shugeng (Poultry science, 2025)
Keywords: acclimation; alanine transaminase; alkaline phosphatase; Animal Feed - analysis; Animals; antioxidant activity; Antioxidant function; Antioxidants - metabolism; aspartate transaminase; blood serum; catalase; Chickens - physiology; color; Diet - veterinary; dietary supplements; Dietary Supplements - analysis; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; egg production; egg quality; Eggs - analysis; feed conversion; Female; glutathione peroxidase; hepatotoxicity; histology; Laying hens; liver; Liver - drug effects; Liver - physiology; Liver health; METABOLISM AND NUTRITION; Ovum - chemistry; Ovum - drug effects; Ovum - physiology; poultry health; Random Allocation; selenium; Selenium - administration & dosage; Selenium - metabolism; Selenium-enriched eggs; Selenium-enriched yeast; superoxide dismutase; uric acid; Yeast, Dried - administration & dosage; Yeast, Dried - metabolism; yeasts; Liver health; Antioxidant function; Laying hens; Selenium-enriched yeast; Selenium-enriched eggs