SOME STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF HEAT STRESS ON THE BLOOD ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT OF CHICKENS
SOME STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF HEAT STRESS ON THE BLOOD ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT OF CHICKENS
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Date
1980-04
Authors
KARU, ELISHA T.
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Abstract
The effect of heat stress on the ascorbic acid level
and glucose content of the blood of chickens were studied.
Under the experimental conditions and temperature
range of the study, there was no appreciable change in both
the ascorbic acid level and glucose content of the blood of
cockerels. This observation was discussed on the basis of
the ability of the birds to synthesize their own ascorbic acid
to replace the excess used, or that the thermal factor under
the given experimental conditions, has no effect at all.
A kinetics method which is still in its infancy was
also employed to determine the ascorbic acid level of the
blood of the chickens. There is need for further investigations
on this.
Description
A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
AS PART FULFILLMENT FOR
THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE
(ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY)
Keywords
STUDIES, EFFECT, HEAT, STRESS, BLOOD, ASCORBIC, ACID, CONTENT, CHICKENS