Folic acid alleviates the negative effects of dexamethasone induced stress on production performance in Hyline Brown laying hens.

ABSTRACT: Multiple stressors are believed to deteriorate production performance and cause substantial economic losses in commercial poultry farming. Folic acid (FA) is an antioxidant compound that can improve oocyte function and regulate gut microbiota composition. The current study was conducted to investigate the role of FA in alleviating stress and improving production performance. Sixty Hyline Brown laying hens at 21 weeks of age were randomly divided into three groups, with 10 replicates in each group and each replicate containing two chickens. Each group received basic diet and saline injection (Con group), basic diet with dexamethasone (DXM) injection (DXM group), or basic diet supplemented with FA (13 mg/kg in the premix) with DXM injection (FA group). The feeding trial lasted five weeks. Bi

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821403 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature