Healthy chickens are necessary to meet the ever-increasing demand for poultry meat. Birds
are subjected to numerous stressful conditions under commercial rearing systems, including …

Ambient temperature-associated stress has been shown to affect the normal physiological
functions of birds. The recent literature indicated that both, embryonic thermal manipulation …

Recently, α-ketoglutaric acid (AKG) has gained importance as an antioxidant. Its dietary
supplementation in animals and humans has proved beneficial. Moreover, an extensive …

Heat stress (HS) negatively influences livestock productivity, but it can be, at least in part,
mitigated by nutritional interventions. One such intervention is to use byproducts from …

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of supplementing solubles from steam-
exploded pine particles (SSPP) on mitigating the adverse effects of cyclic heat stress (CHS) …

Probiotics are widely used as feed supplements in the poultry industry to promote growth
and performance in chickens. Specifically, this supplementation starts around the time of lay …

In this study, the effects of in ovo feeding of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and embryonic
thermal manipulation (TM) on plasma biochemical parameters, organ weights, and hepatic …

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central
nervous system of living organisms and has the ability to reduce the magnitude of stress in …

In ovo feeding has been introduced as a cost‐effective method to improve hatchability and
broiler performance. Specifically, several studies have focused on the impact of vitamins …

Objective This study investigated the effects of in ovo feeding of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
and embryonic thermal manipulation (ETM) on growth performance, organ indices, plasma …