The Effect of Basil Seed Powder, Vitamin C, and Their Mixing on the Blood Biochemical Traits of Heat-Stressed Broiler Chickens

Abstract

This study was conducted in the poultry field belonging to the Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture, University of Kufa for the period from August 30, 2020 to October 4, 2020, for a period of 5 weeks. To know the effect of adding and mixing basil seed powder and vitamin C on the productive performance of heat-stressed broiler chickens. In the experiment, 300 unsexed broiler chicks were used, Ross 308 hybrid of one day age, the chicks were randomly divided into 5 treatments (60 chicks / treatment) with 3 replicates per treatments. As each refined included 20 chicks with an average starter weight of 45 g and the treatments were as follows: T1 control treatment (without adding basil seed powder and vitamin C), T2 adding 4 g / kg of basil seed powder, T3 adding 6 g / kg of basil seed powder, T4 add 300 mg / kg of feed vitamin C, T5 adding 5 g / kg of feed basil seed powder + 150 mg / kg feed vitamin C. The results of the study showed that no significant differences occurred between all experiment treatments and the control group in the studied biochemical blood traits(glucose, cholesterol, cholesterol, protein, albumin and globulin) in blood serum. We conclude from the current study that the biochemical traits of the blood were not affected when different levels of basil seed powder and vitamin C were added and mixed to a diet of thermally stressed chicken.