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Bin-Jumah M, Abd El-Hack ME, Abdelnour SA, Hendy YA, Ghanem HA, Alsafy SA, Khafaga AF, Noreldin AE, Shaheen H, Samak D, Momenah MA, Allam AA, AlKahtane AA, Alkahtani S, Abdel-Daim MM, Aleya L. Potential use of chromium to combat thermal stress in animals: A review. Sci Total Environ 2020; 707:135996. [PMID: 31865090 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Revised: 12/01/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Heat stress (HS) has adverse effects on the body: it decreases body weight, feed efficiency, feed intake, carcass quality, and nutrient digestibility. Chromium (Cr) can prevent lipid peroxidation induced by HS through its strong antioxidant activities, especially when it is added to the poultry diet. It improves the action of insulin and nutrient metabolism (of lipids, proteins, nucleic acid, and carbohydrates) through activation of enzymes associated with such pathways. The results of the studies on Cr added to diets with concentrations of 0.05 mg Cr/kg of Cr-methionine led to improved feed efficiency and DM intake by cows and Holstein dairy calves exposed to high environmental temperatures. Moreover, calves that received Cr at levels of 0.05 mg/kg of body weight tended to have higher serum concentrations of glucose and higher ratios of insulin to glucose. In heat-stressed pigs, Cr addition (200 ppb) increased blood neutrophils by about 37%. Several studies have asserted that Cr can inhibit inflammation in lactating cows by promoting the release of Hsp72, assisting production of IL-10 and inhibiting degradation of IκBα in HS conditions. In addition, Cr supplementation was observed to possibly have positive impacts on both cell-mediated and humeral immunity in heat-stressed buffalo calves. Studies over the last two decades have shown with certainty that chromium supplementation has an impact on many variables in chickens. Moreover, Cr is believed to increase insulin action in insulin-sensitive tissues (i.e., adipose and muscles), resulting in increased farm animal productivity through the improvement of feed intake, growth rate, carcass quality, reproductive parameters and immune functions.
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Affiliation(s)
- May Bin-Jumah
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11474, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Poultry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
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- Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt
| | - Hager A Ghanem
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt
| | - Sara A Alsafy
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina 22758, Egypt
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- Department of Histology and Cytology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt
| | - Dalia Samak
- Department of Veterinary Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt
| | - Maha A Momenah
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11474, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Beni-suef University, Beni-suef 65211, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology, Science College, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, Science College, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
| | - Mohamed M Abdel-Daim
- Department of Zoology, Science College, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
| | - Lotfi Aleya
- Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, Chrono-Environnement Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6249, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France.
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