Maternal dietary supplementation with grape seed extract in reproductive hens increases fertility in females but decreases semen quality in males of the F1 generation.

Genetic selection in parental broiler breeders has increased their susceptibility to metabolic disorders and reproductive dysfunction. We have recently shown that maternal dietary grape seed extract (GSE) supplementation in hens improves fertility parameters, egg quality, oxidative stress in differe...

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Main Authors: Jérémy Grandhaye, François Lecompte, Pascal Chartrin, Maryse Leconte, Antonella Riva, Alix Barbe, Éric JeanPierre, Erika Caldas-Silveira, Patrice Ganier, Marine Chahnamian, Christelle Ramé, Joëlle Dupont, Pascal Froment
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246750