Effect of Lycopene Compared to Vitamin C Added to Diets of Broilers Exposed to Stress and Its Impact on Physiological Performance

Abstract

From July 20, 2022, to August 24, 2022, this study was done in the chicken grounds of Kosar chicken Company - Erbil. The experiment lasted for 65 days (35 field days and 30 lab days) and examined the effectiveness of lycopene and vitamin C at mitigating the negative effects of heat stress on productivity and health. for roasting. The Ross 308 broiler chicks utilized were one day old, sexless, and weighed 42 g each. The Kosar Poultry Company provided the chicks. These chicks were raised in a room with a mattress on the floor in 15-by-1-meter enclosures. Chicks were randomly assigned to one of five treatments, each with three replications and eight birds per replication, using sawdust with a thickness of 5 centimeters. The following experimental treatments were used, with repetitions spread randomly beginning on day one: Diet alone (T1) is the initial course of treatment. T2: 1 g of lycopene per kilogram of body weight. T3: 2 g of lycopene per kilogram of body weight. Fourth treatment (T4): 1 g of lycopene per kilogram of feed with 25 milligrams of vitamin C per kilogram of feed, in accordance with current recommendations. The results showed that the concentration of globulin and albumin in the addition treatments were significantly superior to the control treatment (P≤0.05), and this was especially true for the fifth treatment (T5), which was a mixture of lycopene at a rate of 2 g / kg with vitamin C according to the standard recommendations of 25 mg / kg of feed. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, glucose, and total protein levels all showed no statistically significant differences. When comparing the addition treatments to the control treatment, liver enzyme activity was found to be significantly lower in the addition treatments (P≤ 0.05).