As a scientific attempt to find food alternatives that contribute to alleviating the heat stress that birds are exposed to, this study resorted to showing the effect of using different levels of Bumber fruit powder to the diets of broilers exposed to heat stress, 240 one-day-old broilers of Ross 308 breed, bred in One of the fields belonging to broiler breeders in the district of Jableh, 65 km north of the center of Babil Governorate (Babylon city), Iraq. The birds were randomly distributed to four treatments, each treatment 60 birds and three replicates for each treatment (20 birds per replicate), the experiment transactions were divided into: Control treatment (C) without Any addition, the first treatment (B1) was added to its diet Bumber fruits powder at an amount of 2 g/kg of feed, the second treatment (B2) was added to its diet by Bumber fruits powder at an amount of 3 g/kg of fodder, and the third treatment (B3) was added to its diet by Bumber fruits powder at an amount of 4 g/kg of feed, during the six-week trial period, the productive characteristics of (body weight, weight gain, feed consumption, food conversion factor) were studied, which were studied weekly starting from the age of one day, in addition to the characteristics of blood plasma represented by (total glucose, cholesterol For total, total protein, liver enzymes (AST, ALT, ALP, HDL, LDL, VLDL) which were studied at the age of three and six weeks during the study period, the results of the current study indicated a significant improvement in the productive performance of diseased broilers to intermittent heat stress represented by weight gain. Body weight, feed consumption rate and food conversion factor, as well as the moral improvement in blood plasma characteristics represented in blood chemical characteristics and liver enzymes activity, in addition to a decrease in harmful fat levels in blood plasma. We conclude from the current study that adding Bumber fruit powder to broiler diets exposed to heat stress has significantly improved the productive and physiological performance of the bird, which may give the impression that adding this substance may add a significant difference in the general performance of the bird, which is positively reflected on the general health status of the bird.. Keywords: Broiler, Bumber, Heat Stress, Productive Performance, Physiological Performance
Air pollution in the environment in which poultry is raised is one of the most serious problems facing the poultry sector across various aspects of production. Perhaps the most dangerous gas emitted from poultry houses is ammonia. The high concentrations of this gas in the air above the permissible limits (15 ppm) will have disastrous consequences. Ammonia directly affects the health and safety of birds, as it is a cause of ammonia blindness in birds accompanied by many respiratory diseases that destroy production and increase breeding costs. In addition, high concentrations of ammonia (above 20 ppm) contribute to enhancing the infection of birds with Newcastle and the bronchitis virus. In general, the greenhouse gases emitted from poultry houses included four main gases (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane and hydrogen sulphide). Studies regarding their direct effects on the health and productivity of birds have been insufficient. In the direct form, as the concentrations of greenhouse gases rise to very high limits, they cause suffocation and death., the behaviour of the greenhouse gases in the indirect effect is reflected being a source of nutritional stress and a group of diseases and parasites which lead to a decrease in productivity levels. The intensity and concentrations of gas emissions are directly related to many factors such as geographic location, the season of the year, ventilation technologies, humidity, litter quality, nutritional status and stocking density. The advances in ventilation technologies have played a key role in expelling all harmful gases, especially those that depend on negative pressure. However, greenhouse gases remain a real threat to the poultry industry in particular and to the planet’s environment in general.
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