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Effect of acute heat stress on physiological indexes in broiler chickens
LI Jing1, BAI Yumei1, QIAO Jian2
(1. College of Biological Technology and Engineering, Shanxi Teachers University, Linfen 041000,
China; 2. College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultrural University,Beijing 100094,China) |
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Abstract: This experiment was designed to investigate effect of
42℃ acute heat stress on physiological indexes. Everyone of thirty 25dayold male AA broilers was put randomly into a
42℃ small chamber. In the period of the experiment, femoral artery pressure (FAP) of broiler chickens, and so on, was examined continuously. The results were as follows. The mean femoral artery pressure (mFAP) decreased significantly at minute 10 (P<0.05) and from minute 15 to 50 (P<0.01) postexposure to heat stress. The increasing maximum rate of femoral artery systolic pressure (FASP, |+dp/dtmax |) increased significantlyat minute 30(P<0.01), and decreased significantly at minute 50 (P<0.01)postexposure to
heatstress. The increasing maximum rate of femoral artery diastolic pressure
(FADP, |-dp/dtmax|) increased significantly at minute 20(P<0.01), and decreased significantly at minute 40(P<0.05) and 50 (P<0.01)postexposure to heat stress. The mFAP had significant correlation with respirationrate (r=0.464, n=45,P<0.01)and heart rate (r=0.470,n=45, P<0.01) respectively, and had significant negative correlation with rectal
temperature(r=-0.790, n=45,P<0.01). It was concluded from the abovementioned results that the significant decrease of FAP during the acute
42℃ heat stress may be one of major reasons of death of the broilers.
Key words: broiler chicken; heat stress; femoral artery pressure |