Development of climate resilient practices through nutritional, genetic and physiological strategies to enhance tolerance to heat stress in commercial and backyard poultry
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2011
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TANUVAS
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1. Evaluation of herbs and spices such as turmeric powder, tulsi, ashwagandha,
amla, curry leaves and garlic in broilers in order to counteract the summer
stress.
2. Optimization of dietary cation-anion balance (DCAB) for broilers during
summer season.
3. Simulation studies using 1980 numbers of broilers (two experiments) and
936 numbers of egg laying hens were conducted using environment controlled
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chamber facility to understand the impact of heat stress on the performance of
commercial broilers and laying hens.
4. Two biological experiments were carried out to study the influence of drinking
water quality on the performance of commercial broiler chicken and white
leghorn laying hens during hot weather.
5. In order to evaluate the influence of dietary supplementation of organic trace
minerals on heat stress alleviation in broiler chicken, a biological experiment
was conducted using 540 broiler chicks by adding organic Se, Cr and Zn.
6. To confirm and fine tune the recommendations based on earlier experiments, a
validation trial was conducted in commercial broiler chicken (n=570) by
offering customized electrolyte mixture in drinking water at graded levels
under different weather conditions
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TNV_FR_2011-14_VCRI_NMKL
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Veterinary Science