Betaine and Antioxidants Improve Growth Performance, Breast Muscle Development and Ameliorate Thermoregulatory Responses to Cyclic Heat Exposure in Broiler Chickens

Betaine and Antioxidants Improve Growth Performance, Breast Muscle Development and Ameliorate Thermoregulatory Responses to Cyclic Heat Exposure in Broiler Chickens

Heat stress (HS) is an environmental stressor challenging poultry production and requires a strategy to cope with it. A total of 288-day-old male broiler chicks were fed with one of the following diets: basal diet, basal with betaine (BET), or with selenium and vitamin E (AOX), or with a combination...

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Main Authors: Majid Shakeri, Jeremy James Cottrell, Stuart Wilkinson, Mitchell Ringuet, John Barton Furness, Frank Rowland Dunshea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
betaine
antioxidant
broiler
growth
heat stress
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/8/10/162

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