Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-c4f8m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-23T14:24:00.382Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

An evaluation on the potential role of boron in poultry nutrition.Part I: Production performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2015

M. BOZKURT  and
K. KÜÇÜKYILMAZ
M. BOZKURT*
Affiliation:
Erbeyli Poultry Research Institute, Aydın, Turkey
K. KÜÇÜKYILMAZ
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: mehmetbozkurt9@hotmail.com
Get access

Abstract

Boron (B) is a trace element that plays an important role in mineral and hormonal metabolism, cell membrane function, and enzymatic reactions. The current evidence supports the hypothesis that boron has an important biological role that affects the mineral metabolism of both humans and animals by interacting with Ca, Mg, P and cholecalciferol (vitamin D), all of which are important in bone metabolism. This implies that B can play a vital role in bone development and normal growth. However, the use of B occasionally results in apparently inconsistent responses in terms of performance in broiler chickens and layer hens. Although some studies have reported the effectiveness of B, no clear mode of action has been proposed. There are many potential reasons for the inconsistent results of B in eliciting beneficial responses. Available data obtained from relevant studies suggest that there are several concurrent factors involved. Of these, nutritional variables predominate. The purpose of this paper is to review the available studies examining the nutritional role of B on the production performance in broiler chickens and laying hens.

Keywords

boronbroiler chickenlaying henproduction performance
Type
Reviews
Information
World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , June 2015 , pp. 327 - 338
Copyright
Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2015 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

ARMSTRONG, T.A., SPEARS, J.W., CRENSHAW, T.D. and NIELSEN, F.H. (2000) Boron supplementation of a semi purified diet for weanling pigs improves feed efficiency and bone strength characteristic and alters plasma lipid metabolites. Journal of Nutrition 139: 2575-2581.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
ARMSTRONG, T.A. and SPEARS, J.W. (2001) Effect of dietary boron on growth performance, calcium, and phosphorus metabolism, and bone mechanical properties in growing barrows. Journal of Animal Science 79: 3120-3127.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
ARMSTRONG, T.A., SPEARS, J.W. and LLOYD, K.E. (2001) Inflammatory response, growth and thyroid hormone concentrations are affected by long-term boron supplementation in gilts. Journal of Animal Science 79: 1549-1556.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
BAI, Y., HUNT, C.D. and NEWMAN, S.M. (1997) Dietary boron increases serum antibody (IgG and IgM) concentrations in rats immunized with human typhoid vaccine. Proceedings of Natural Academic Science 51: 181.Google Scholar
BINTAŞ, E. (2013) The Dietary Supplemental Effect of Boron and Zeolite, Either alone or in Combination on Aged Laying Hens (in Turkish). Msc.Thesis. Adnan Menderes University, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Aydın-Turkey.Google Scholar
BOZKURT, M., KÜÇÜKYILMAZ, K., ÇATLI, A.U., ÇINAR, M., ÇABUK, M. and BINTAŞ, E. (2012) Effects of Boron Supplementation to Diets Deficient in Calcium and Phosphorus on Performance with Some Serum, Bone and Fecal Characteristics of Broiler Chickens. Asian-Australian Journal of Animal Science 25: 248-255.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
ÇINAR, M., KÜÇÜKYILMAZ, K., BOZKURT, M., ÇATLI, A.U., BINTAŞ, E., SEYREK, K., AKŞİT, H., YILMAZER, A. and KONAK, R. (2011) Farklı bor düzeyleri ve bor ile fitaz enziminin birlikte kullanımının etlik piliçlerde performans ile bazı kan, kemik ve dışkı parametreleri üzerine etkilerinin belirlenmesi. Final Project report. Project number, TAGEM/HAYSÜD/09/13/04/03. Aydın, Turkey. (In Turkish).Google Scholar
DEVIRIAN, T. and VOLPE, S. (2003) The physiological effects of dietary boron. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 43: 219-231.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
ELIOT, M.A. and EDWARDS, H.M. (1992) Studies to determine whether an interaction exists among boron, calcium, and cholecalciferol on the skeletal development of broiler chickens. Poultry Science 71: 677-690.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
EREN, M., UYANIK, F. and KÜÇÜKERSAN, S. (2004) The influence of dietary boron supplementation on egg quality and serum calcium, inorganic phosphorus, magnesium levels and alkaline phosphate activity in laying hens. Research in Veterinary Science 76: 203-210.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
EREN, M., UYANIK, F., KOCAOĞLU, B.G. and ATASEVER, A. (2012) The influence of dietary boron supplementation on performance, some biochemical parameters and organs in broilers. Asian Journal of Veterinary Advances 11: 1079-1089.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
FASSANI, E.J., BERTECHINI, A.G., BRITO, J.A.G., KATO, R.K., FIALHO, E.T. and GERALDO, A. (2004) Boron supplementation in broiler diets. Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science 4: 213-217.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
HALL, I.H., SPIELVOGAL, B.F. and GRIFFIN, T.S. (1989) The effects of boron hyperlipidemic agents on LDL and HDL receptor binding and related enzyme activities of rat hepatocytes, aorta cells and human fibroblasts. Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology 65: 297-317.Google Scholar
HEGSTED, M., KENAN, M.J. and SIVER, F. (1989) Boron, vitamin D and blood calcium levels in rats. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 3: A1072.Google Scholar
HOFFMAN, D.J., SANDERSON, C.J., LECAPTAIN, L.J., CROMARTIE, E. and PENDLETON, G.W. (1991) Interactive effects of boron, selenium, and dietary protein on survival, growth, and physiology in mallard ducklings. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 20: 288-294.Google Scholar
HUNT, C.D. (1989) Dietary boron modified the effects of magnesium and molybdenum on mineral metabolism in the cholecalciferol deficient chick. Biological Trace Element Research 22: 201-220.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
HUNT, C.D. (1994) The biochemical effects of physiological amounts of dietary boron in animal nutrition models. Environmental Health Perspectives 102 (Suppl.7): 35-43.Google ScholarPubMed
HUNT, C.D. (1996) Biochemical effects of physiological amounts of dietary boron. Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine 9: 185-213.3.0.CO;2-Q>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
HUNT, C.D. (1997) Measurement of boron in rodent diets and tissue, in: WATSON, R.R. (Ed) Trace Elements in Laboratory Rodents, (Vol. 1), pp: 255-267 (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL).Google Scholar
HUNT, C.D. (1998) One possible role of dietary boron in higher animals and humans. Biological Trace Element Research 66: 205-225.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
HUNT, C.D. and HERBEL, J.L. (1992) Boron effects energy metabolism in the streptozotocin-injected, vitamin D3 deprived rat. Magnesium and Trace Elements 10: 374-386.Google Scholar
HUNT, C.D. and HERBEL, J.L. (1993) Physiological amounts of dietary boron improve growth indicators of physiological status over a 20-fold range in vitamin D3 deficient chick. Proceedings of the Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals. Verlag Media Touristik, Gersdof, Germany: 714-718.Google Scholar
HUNT, C.D. and IDSO, J.P. (1999) Dietary boron as a physiological regulator of the normal inflammatory response: A review and current research progress. Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine 12: 221-233.3.0.CO;2-X>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
HUNT, C.D. and NIELSEN, F.H. (1981) Interaction between boron and cholecalciferol in the chick, in: HOWELL, J.M., HAWTHORNE, J.M. & WHITE, C.L. (Eds) Trace Element Metabolism in Man and Animals, pp: 597-600 (Australian Academy of Science Press, Canberra, Australia).Google Scholar
HUNT, C.D. and NIELSEN, F.H. (1986) Dietary boron affects bone calcification in magnesium- and cholecalciferol deficient chick, in: UNDERWOOD, E.J. (Ed) Trace Elements in Human and Animal Nutrition (5th ed.), pp: 275-277 (Academic Press Inc. New York, NY).Google Scholar
HUNT, C.D., SHULER, T.R. and NİELSEN, F.H. (1983) Effect of boron on growth and mineral metabolism. Proceedings of the Symposium on “Spurenelements”. July 1983, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany: 149-155.Google Scholar
JIN, E., GU, Y., WANG, J., JIN, G. and LI, S. (2014) Effect of supplementation of drinking water with different levels of boron on performance and immune organ parameters of broilers. Italian Journal of Animal Science13:205-214.Google Scholar
KÖKSAL, B.H., YILDIZ, G., ABACIOĞLU, and , Ö. (2009) Yumurta tavukların rasyonlarına ilave edilen bor ve humatın performans parametrelerine etkileri, V. Ulusal Hayvan Besleme Kongresi. 30 Eylül-03 Ekim, 2009, Çorlu-Turkey: 124-128. (In Turkish).Google Scholar
KURTOĞLU, V., KURTOĞLU, F. and COŞKUN, B. (2001) Effects of boron supplementation of adequate and inadequate vitamin D3-containing diet on performance and serum biochemical characters of broiler chickens. Research in Veterinary Science 71: 183-187.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
KURTOĞLU, V., KURTOGLU, F., COSKUN, B., SEKER, E., BALEVI, T. and CETINGUL, I.S. (2002) Effects of boron supplementation on performance and some serum biochemical parameters in laying hens. Revue de Medecine Veterinaire 153: 823-828.Google Scholar
KURTOĞLU, F., KURTOĞLU, V., ÇELIK, I., KEÇECI, T. and NIZAMLIOĞLU, M. (2005) Effects of dietary boron supplementation on some biochemical parameters, peripheral blood lymphocyte, splenic plasma cell counts and bone characteristics of broiler chicks fed with adequate or inadequate vitamin D3 containing diet. British Poultry Science 46: 87-96.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
KÜÇÜKYILMAZ, K., ERKEK, R. and BOZKURT, M. (2014) The effects of boron supplementation to layer diet varying in calcium-phosphorus on performance, egg quality, bone strength and mineral constituents of serum, bone and feces. British Poultry Science 55: 804-816.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McCOY, H., MONTGOMERY, C., KENNY, M.A., IRWIN, A., WILLIAMS, L. and ORRELL, R. (1994) Relation of boron to the compositional and mechanical properties of bone. Environmental Health Perspectives 102: 1-10.Google Scholar
MIZRAK, C. 2008. Damızlık Yumurta Tavuğu Yemlerine Farklı Seviye ve Formda Bor İlavesinin Performans, Kemik Gelişimi, Yumurta Kalitesi ve Bazı Kan Parametreleri Üzerine Etkisi. Doktora Tezi. Ankara Üniversitesi. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Zootekni Anabilim Dalı, Ankara and Turkey. (in Turkish).Google Scholar
MIZRAK, C., YENİCE, E., CAN, M., YILDIRIM, U. and ATİK, Z. (2010) Effects of dietary boron on performance, egg production, egg quality and some bone parameters in layer hens. South African Journal of Animal Science 40: 257-264.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
NAGHII, M.R. and SAMMAN, S. (1993) The role of boron in nutrition and metabolism. Progress in Food & Nutrition Science 17: 331-349.Google ScholarPubMed
NAGHII, M.R. and SAMMAN, S. (1997) The effect of boron supplementation on its urinary excretion and selected cardiovascular risk factors in healthy male subjects. Biological Trace Element Research 56: 273-286.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
NIELSEN, F.H. (1990) Studies on the relationship between boron and magnesium which possibly affects the formation and maintenance of bones. Magnesium and Trace Elements 9: 61-69.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
NIELSEN, F.H. (1994) Biochemical and physiologic consequences of boron deprivation in humans. Environmental Health Perspectives 102: 59-73.Google ScholarPubMed
NIELSEN, F.H. (1996) Evidence for the nutritional essentiality of boron. Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine 9: 215-229.3.0.CO;2-P>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
NIELSEN, F. H. (1997) Boron in human and animal nutrition. Plant Soil 193: 199-208.Google Scholar
NIELSEN, F.H. (1998) The justification for providing dietary guidance for the nutritional intake of boron. Biological Trace Element Research 66: 319-330.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
NIELSEN, F.H. (2002a) The nutritional importance and pharmacological potential of boron for higher animals and human, in: GOLDBACH, H.E., RERKASEM, B.M., WIMMER, A., BROWN, P.H., THELLIER, M. & BELL, R.W. (Eds) Boron in Plant and Animal Nutrition, pp: 37-49 (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, NY).Google Scholar
NIELSEN, F.H. (2002b) Does boron have an essential function similar to an omega-3 fatty acid function, in: ANKE, M., MULLER, R., SCHAFER, U. & STOEPPLER, M. (Eds). Macro and Trace Elements, pp: 1238-1250 (Schubert-Verlag, Leipzig, Germany).Google Scholar
NIELSEN, F.H., HUNT, C.D., MULLEN, L.M. and HUNT, J.R. (1987) Effect of dietary boron on mineral, estrogen, and testosterone metabolism in postmenopausal women. FASEB Journal 87: 394-397.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
NIELSEN, F.H., SHULER, T.R., ZIMMERMAN, T.J. and UTHUS, E.O. (1988a) Dietary magnesium, manganese and boron affect the response of rats to high dietary aluminium. Magnesium 7: 133-147.Google Scholar
NIELSEN, F.H., SHULER, T.R., ZIMMERMAN, T.J. and UTHUS, E.O. (1988b) Magnesium and methionine deprivation affect the response of rats to boron deprivation, Biological Trace Element Research 17: 91-107CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
NIELSEN, F.H., GALLAGHER, S.K., JOHNSON, L.K. and NIELSEN, E.J. (1992) Boron enhances and mimics some effects of estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women. Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine 5: 237-246.Google Scholar
NIELSEN, F.H. and PENLAND, J.G. (1999) Boron supplementation of perimenopausal women affects boron metabolism and indices associated with macromineral metabolism, hormonal status and immune function. Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine 12: 251-261.Google Scholar
NRC (1984) National Research Council. Nutrients Requirements of Poultry, 8th ed. National Academic Press, Washington, DC, 71p.Google Scholar
NRC (1994) National Research Council. Nutrients Requirements of Poultry, 9th ed. National Academic Press, Washington, DC, 155p.Google Scholar
OLGUN, O., ÇUFADAR, Y. and YILDIZ, A.Ö. (2009) Effects of boron supplementation fed with low calcium to diet on performance and egg quality in molted laying hens. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 4: 650-654.Google Scholar
OLGUN, O., YAZGAN, O. and ÇUFADAR, Y. (2012) Effects of boron and copper dietary supplementation in laying hens on egg shell quality, plasma and tibia mineral concentrations and bone biomechanical properties. Revue de Médecine Vétérinaire 163: 335-342.Google Scholar
OLGUN, O., YAZGAN, O. and ÇUFADAR, Y. (2013) Effect of supplementation of different boron and copper levels to layer diets on performance, egg yolk and plasma cholesterol. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 27: 132-136.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
QIN, X. and KLANDORF, H. (1991) Effect of dietary boron supplementation on egg production, shell quality, and calcium metabolism in aged broiler breeder hens. Poultry Science 10: 2131-2138.Google Scholar
ROSSI, A.F., MILES, R.D. and DAMRON, B.L. (1989) The effect of boron supplementation to broilers fed a practical corn-soybean meal diet. Poultry Science 68 (Suppl. 1): 202 (Abstr.).Google Scholar
ROSSI, A.F., BOOTWALLA, S.M. and MILES, R.D. (1990) Boron and riboflavin addition to broiler diets. Poultry Science 69 (Suppl. 1):187 (Abstr.).Google Scholar
ROSSI, A.F., MILES, R.D., DAMRON, B.I. and FLUNKER, L.K. (1993) Effects of dietary boron supplementation on broilers. Poultry Science 11: 2124-2130.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
SAMMAN, S., NAGHII, M.R., LYONS WALL, P.M. and VERUS, A.P. (1998) The nutritional and metabolic effects of boron in humans and animals. Biological Trace Element Research 66: 227-235.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
WILSON, J.H. and RUSZLER, P.L. (1996) Effects of dietary boron supplementation on laying hens. British Poultry Science 37: 723-729.Google ScholarPubMed
WILSON, J.H. and RUSZLER, P.L. (1998) Long term effect of boron layer bone strength and production parameters. British Poultry Science 39: 11-15.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
YEŞİLBAĞ, D. and EREN, M. (2008) Effects of dietary boric acid supplementation on performance, eggshell quality and some serum parameters in aged laying hens. Turkish Journal Veterinary and Animal science 2: 113-117.Google Scholar
YILDIZ, A.Ö., OLGUN, O. and ÇUFADAR, Y. (2011a) Effects of boron supplementation to diet on performance and boron deposition in broilers. Archive Zootechnica 14: 32-36.Google Scholar
YILDIZ, G., KÖKSAL, B.H., SIZMAZ, and , Ö. (2011b) Effects of dietary boric acid and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) supplementation on performance, carcass traits and some blood parameters of broilers (in Turkish). Kafkas Üniversitesi Dergisi 3: 429-434.Google Scholar
YILDIZ, G., KÖKSAL, B.H., SIZMAZ, and , Ö. (2013) Influence of dietary boric acid and liquid humate inclusion on bone characteristics, growth performance and carcass traits in broiler chickens. Archive fur Geflügelkunde 4: 260-265.Google Scholar