Vol. 11, Special Issue 1 (2022)

Author(s):
Punam, Ruchi Maan, Sunita Pareek, Sajjan Kumar, Praveen Kumar Pilania, Mohit Jain, Lokesh Janagal, Nistha Yadav, Babita Kumari, Manisha Singharia and Lalita Deora

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of hot humid ambience on serum antioxidant level of non-descript broiler chicken. Two hundred forty apparently healthy non-descript broilers were sampled during moderate (control) and hot humid ambiences to determine serum antioxidants level. Antioxidants determined in this study were serum vitamin E and glutathione. In each ambience one hundred twenty non-descript broilers were sampled. Each group of 120 birds was further subdivided into 3 categories according to age namely 2 week, 4-6 weeks and >8 weeks having 40 non-descript broilers in each category. Highly significant effect of hot humid ambience on serum antioxidant levels was observed. Moderate overall mean value of serum vitamin E and glutathione were 13.86 ± 0.19 μmol L-1 and 7.40 ± 0.12 μmol L-1, respectively. The decrease in overall mean values of serum vitamin E and glutathione determined in the present investigation was highly significant (p≤0.01) during hot humid ambience as compared to overall moderate mean value. Age effects showed a highly significant (p≤0.01) decrease in the mean value being highest in the broilers of 2 weeks of age for both parameters. The findings of present study in respect with to both the parameters indicated that supplementation of antioxidants can be recommended during extreme ambiences to reduce the effect of oxidative stress.