Interrelationship of Outbreak of Nutritional Encephalomalacia and Plasma Free Amino Acids and Uric Acid Concentrations in Chicks

Abstract

Chicks fed vitamin E deficient diet supplemented with linoleic acid or linoleic acid and dilauryl succinate suffered from nutritional encephalomalacia. Plasma uric acid concentration was significantly high in symptomatic chicks. In general, the concentrations of plasma free essential amino acids increased significantly in symptomatic chicks. The concentrations of most of plasma free non-essential amino acids were lower in symptomatic chicks as compared with non-symptomatic chicks. It was supposed that chicks affected with nutritional encephalomalacia might induce the state of amino acid imbalance.