TY  - JOUR
AU  - Guo, J.L. 
AU  - Zheng, Q.H. 
AU  - YIN, Q.Q. 
AU  - Cheng, W. 
AU  - Jiang, Y.B. 
PY  - 2007
TI  - Study on Mechanism of Ascites Syndrome of Broilers
JF  - American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.3844/ajavsp.2007.62.65
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajavsp.2007.62.65
AB  - Two hundred and forty male Cobb broilers were used to study the reasons of causing ascites. The results showed that cold ambient temperature could induce ascites (33.89% vs. 2.50%) and significantly increase triiodothyronine (T3), but reduce thyroxine (T4) concentrations in plasma (p<0.05). The ascitic broilers had high concentrations of aldosterone and K+, but low concentrations of T3 and T4 in the plasma (p<0.05). The lower body weight and higher relative heart, lung and liver weight of the ascitic broilers demonstrated the metabolic disarrangement. When ascites occurred, hematocrit in blood increased significantly (p<0.05). The mash feed could reduce body weight and the onset of ascites, compared with the pellet feed.