Research Note: Evaluation of a heat stress model to induce gastrointestinal leakage in broiler chickens

Research Note: Evaluation of a heat stress model to induce gastrointestinal leakage in broiler chickens

The purpose of this study was to evaluate heat stress as a model to induce gastrointestinal leakage in broiler chickens. On the day of hatch, 320 chicks were allocated into 8 environmental chambers, 4 thermoneutral (TN) and 4 continuous heat stress (HS). Each chamber was divided into 2 pens containi...

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Main Authors: Jared Ruff, Thaina L. Barros, Guillermo Tellez, Jr., Justin Blankenship, Howard Lester, Brittany D. Graham, Callie A.M. Selby, Christine N. Vuong, Sami Dridi, Elizabeth S. Greene, X. Hernandez-Velasco, Billy M. Hargis, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Poultry Science
Subjects:
chickens
enteric inflammation
heat stress
performance
serum FITC-d
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119577963

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