Effects of early age feed restriction and dietary ascorbic acid on heterophil/lymphocyte and tonic immobility reactions of transported broiler chickens

• Main Author: Idrus, Zulkifli
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2003
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50072/1/Effects%20of%20early%20age%20feed%20restriction%20and%20dietary%20ascorbic%20acid%20on%20heterophil.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50072/7/16_233.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50072/; http://www.ajas.info/journal/view.php?number=20578

Broiler chickens were subjected to (i) pre-treatment for 24 h with 1,200 ppm L-ascorbic acid in their drinking water on day 42 (AA), (ii) 60% feed restriction on days 4, 5 and 6 (FR), (iii) combination of AA and FR (AAFR), or (iv) neither treatment (control). On day 43, the birds were crated and tra...