Kirkuk University Journal for Agricultural Sciences (KUJAS)

Effect of adding lycopene and vitamin C to the diets on the productive performance of broiler chickens raised under heat stress

https://doi.org/10.58928/ku23.14318
Volume 14, Issue 3 - Issue Serial Number 3
Summer 2023
Page 170-175
Kirkuk University Journal for Agricultural Sciences (KUJAS)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Rosul J. Muhammed 1
Ammar Q. Shanoon 2
Nidal A. Mustafa 3

1 Directorate of Agriculture of Kirkuk, Ministry of Agriculture, IRAQ.

2 Department of Animal production, College of Agriculture, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, IRAQ.

3 Department of Animal Resources, College of Agriculture Engineering Sciences, Salahaddin University, Erbil, IRAQ.

Abstract
The purpose of this experiment was to examine the efficacy of lycopene and vitamin C in alleviating heat stress in broilers and improving its overall performance. The experiment used 120 one-day-old broiler Ross 308 not sexed, each weighing 42 g, they were randomly distributed among five treatments with three replications (8 birds/replicate) and raised for 35 days under a temperature above 30 °C during the summer. The following are the experimental treatments: T1 was the first treatment, and it's a no-extras diet. T2: 1 gram of lycopene per kilogram. T3: 2 g of lycopene per kilogram of diet, T4. Lycopene (1 g/kg) and vitamin C (25 mg/kg feed) are combined as the fourth therapeutic option, T5. Lycopene (2 g/kg) and vitamin C (25 mg/kg feed) are combined as the fourth therapeutic option, T4. There were no statistically significant differences in the first three weeks of the experiment, but there were significant differences between the addition treatment and the control treatment in the rate of live body weight from the W2 until the end of the experiment. Feed consumption increases within the first, second and three week of contro treatment. Compared with addition treatments.

Keywords

stress broiler,,
,،Vitamin C.,,
,،lycopene
Subjects
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