Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 2
Written by Teodor GAVRIS, Elena Narcisa POGURSCHI, Iuliana Stefania BORDEI, Dumitru DRAGOTOIU
Due to climate change, thermal stress is becoming more common in poultry. Thermal stress causes changes in the metabolism of birds which is observed in their productive performance. Also, with the appearance of thermal stress and the decrease of the productive performances leads to important economic losses for the producers, but also for the consumers due to the decrease of the products quality. In this review are presented some changes that occur in the body of birds and some methods to alleviate heat stress. Among the cheapest methods of alleviate heat stress is the manipulation of diet. Among these unconventional additives we can mention vitamin A, vitamin E, dehydrated tomato peels and prebiotics such as inulin. Also, the use of unconventional additives in food is much easier to apply, requiring no investment in production facilities.
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