TY - JOUR ID - 3269 TI - Influence of Dietary Aspirin on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Status, and Mortality due to Ascites in Broiler Chickens JO - Poultry Science Journal JA - PSJ LA - en SN - 2345-6604 AU - Fathi, M AU - Haydari, M AD - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 139 EP - 146 KW - Ascites KW - Aspirin KW - blood parameters KW - Antioxidant Status KW - Broiler performance DO - 10.22069/PSJ.2016.10701.1178 N2 - This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary influence of aspirin on growth performance, antioxidant status and mortality in the broilers subjected to cold-induced ascites. A total six hundred 1-d old male broilers (Ross, 308) were randomly allotted to four treatment groups, with five replicate pens per treatment and 30 birds each. The experimental groups were kept in a cold chamber to induce ascites and fed the basal diet supplemented with 0, 20, 40 or 80 mg of aspirin /kg diet. Results showed, aspirin had a significant effect (p < 0.05) on broiler performance so that, 80 mg group of aspirin had greater body weight gain and lower feed conversion ratio. Compared to other groups, 20 mg of aspirin significantly reduced malondialdehyde concentration and increased total antioxidant capacity with higher glutathione peroxidase activity in plasma (P UR - https://psj.gau.ac.ir/article_3269.html L1 - https://psj.gau.ac.ir/article_3269_65150455209a0b105ba3d3a530d3be41.pdf ER -