Articles | Volume 60, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-315-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-315-2017
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26 Sep 2017
Original study |  | 26 Sep 2017

Effects of purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) powder on growth performance, blood indices, and antioxidant status in broiler chickens with triiodothyronine-induced ascites

Mahmood Habibian, Ghorbanali Sadeghi, and Ahmad Karimi

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Ascites is a metabolic disorder in chickens. Hypoxemia and oxidative stress are specific characteristics in birds that develop ascites. We hypothesized that purslane, as one natural source of antioxidant and antihypoxic compounds, would attenuate the incidence and/or severity of T3-induced ascites in broilers. Supplementation of purslane powder to diet improved antioxidant status and attenuated the symptoms of ascites. However, it could not prevent the decrease in growth performance.