Nutritional manipulation to combat heat stress in poultry–A comprehensive review

AME Abdel-Moneim, AM Shehata, RE Khidr… - Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Global warming and climate change adversely affect livestock and poultry production
sectors under tropical and subtropical conditions. Heat stress is amongst the most significant …

Alleviating heat stress effects in poultry: updates on methods and mechanisms of actions

OM Onagbesan, VA Uyanga, O Oso, K Tona… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Heat stress is a threat that can lead to significant financial losses in the production of poultry
in the world's tropical and arid regions. The degree of heat stress (mild, moderate, severe) …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of different rearing systems on growth, carcass traits, oxidative stress biomarkers, and humoral immunity of broilers exposed to heat stress

MMA Ghanima, ME Abd El-Hack, SI Othman, AE Taha… - Poultry Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of different rearing systems (RS) including cage rearing systems (CRS), litter
rearing systems (LRS), and perforated plastic slate rearing systems (PSRS) on the …

Potential use of chromium to combat thermal stress in animals: A review

M Bin-Jumah, ME Abd El-Hack, SA Abdelnour… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heat stress (HS) has adverse effects on the body: it decreases body weight, feed efficiency,
feed intake, carcass quality, and nutrient digestibility. Chromium (Cr) can prevent lipid …

Thermal stress and high stocking densities in poultry farms: Potential effects and mitigation strategies

RM Bilal, F Hassan, MR Farag, TA Nasir… - Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental changes pose significant threats to agricultural activities particularly animal
production. These changes have induced major concerns which will negatively affect the …

Impact of restricting feed and probiotic supplementation on growth performance, mortality and carcass traits of meat‐type quails

RN Soomro, ME Abd El‐Hack, SS Shah… - Animal science …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of quantitative feed restriction, along
with dietary supplementation with a probiotic blend (Protexin) as a natural growth promoter …

Global waterfowl production: stocking rate is a key factor for improving productivity and well-being—a review

MI El Sabry, O Almasri - Tropical animal health and production, 2023 - Springer
Waterfowl is an important animal-protein source, which has the potential to get a bigger
share in the animal production sector. However, waterfowl farming practices and welfare …

Fertility and hatchability in duck eggs

ME Abd El-Hack, CB Hurtado, DM Toro… - World's Poultry …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Ducks are waterfowl belonging to the Anatidae family of cosmopolitan distribution. In duck
production systems, obtaining ducklings at one-day-old is determinant for the productive …

The influences of various housing systems on growth, carcass traits, meat quality, immunity and oxidative stress of meat-type ducks

MM Abo Ghanima, MA El-Edel, EA Ashour… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The present investigation aimed to examine the impacts of different
housing systems on growth performance traits, carcass characteristics, meat quality criteria …

In-depth transcriptome profiling of Cherry Valley duck lungs exposed to chronic heat stress

Y Liu, D Sun, C Xu, X Liu, M Tang… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Amidst rising global temperatures, chronic heat stress (CHS) is increasingly problematic for
the poultry industry. While mammalian CHS responses are well-studied, avian-specific …