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DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
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Rectal temperature and behaviour of layer hens administered with vitamins C and E and transported during the hot-dry season
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2018.112 | Article Number: 8013DC223 | Vol.4 (3) - June 2019
Received Date: 08 October 2018 | Accepted Date: 22 October 2018 | Published Date: 30 June 2019
Authors: J. J. Ajakaiye* , F. B. Hassan and J. O. Ayo
Keywords: Heat and transport stress, rectal temperature, behaviour, layer hens, vitamins C and E.
A 6 hours experiment involving 90 apparently healthy Shika Brown layer hens of twenty-two weeks age and an average live weight of 1.1 ± 0.2 kg was carried out in a completely randomized design to evaluate the effects of vitamins C and E on rectal temperature (RT) and behaviour of the birds transported by road during the hot-dry season. Two experimental groups consisting of thirty layers each were separately administered orally with vitamins C and E just before transportation, while another 30 layers given sterile water only served as control. At journey time the RT was higher (p<0.05) in control compared with treatment groups. After the journey, the maximum RT values of 42.3 ± 0.2°C and 41.9 ± 0.1°C obtained in control and vitamin C groups were significantly (p<0.001) and (p<0.05) higher than their pre-journey values. There was a non-significant (p>0.05) difference in the vitamin E group. When pre- and post-transportation values were compared, the behavioural activities of tonic immobility (TI), regrouping and awareness tests were non-significant (p>0.05) in treatment groups, but control showed significant (p<0.01) difference for TI, and (p<0.05) for regrouping and awareness tests, respectively. In conclusion, vitamins C and E ameliorated the negative psycho-physiological effect of heat stress in transported birds.
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