The present study was conducted to assess the effects of thermal stress on the serum biochemical
and haematological parameters in broiler chicken. Forty CARIBRO- Vishal broiler chicken were
divided into two groups with twenty birds each. The control group was kept at room temperature
and treatment group was exposed to thermal stress under 40±1 °C for 4 hours at 35 day of age.
The exposure of thermal stress significantly increased (P less than 0.05) the value of serum biochemical
parameters (glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride), heterophills, H/L ratios and basophills, however
the value of total leukocyte, haemoglobin, haematocrit value, and monocytes decreased significantly
(P less than 0.05).
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