Impact of Oxidative Stress on Serum Glucose Level of Different Age Group in Poultry

Author: Punam, Ruchi Maan, Sunita Pareek, Kapil Kumar Godara, Vijay Kumar Yogi, Shashi Choudhary and Rohit Juneja

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Abstract

An investigation was carried out to determine the effect of oxidative stress on serum metabolite i.e. glucose level in non-descript broilers at the age of 2 weeks, 4-6 weeks and older than 8 weeks during moderate and hot humid ambience. Serum metabolite i.e. glucose level is investigated in this study. The overall mean value of serum glucose during moderate ambience was8.75± 0.07 mmol/L. When we compare the overall mean value of serum glucose in moderate and hot humid ambience, the value of hot humid ambience was significantly (p≤0.01) higher. The age effect was highly significant (p ≤0.01) in both ambiences on glucose mean values. The pattern of changes was similar during the both ambiences. It was concluded that hot humid ambience produced marked effect on the serum levels of metabolite i.e. glucose. It can be recommended that broilers must be supplemented with appropriate antioxidants to defend them from harsh effects of adverse ambient temperature and oxidative stress. This would not only protect the broilers from harsh effects of free radicals produced but also increase the immune response of growing broilers to defend against the infectious agents. The supplementation of antioxidants will also improve the growth of broilers which would help in improving the economic status of farmer. Thus, it can be concluded that though there is no evident symptom of oxidative stress but diagnosis can be made with the alterations in serum glucose level. Alteration in the levels of serum glucose level clearly indicate their involvement which can further be utilized to improve the condition of broilers during extremes of temperatures.

Keywords

Glucose, oxidative stress, broiler, temperature

Conclusion

The levels of glucose increased with increase in age according to this investigation which may be due to mobilization of nutrient with increasing age and hormonal imbalance in birds.

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Punam, Ruchi Maan, Sunita Pareek, Kapil Kumar Godara, Vijay Kumar Yogi, Shashi Choudhary and Rohit Juneja (2024). Impact of Oxidative Stress on Serum Glucose Level of Different Age Group in Poultry. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(1): 89-91.