Effect of supplemental methyl sulfonyl methane on performance, carcass and meat quality and oxidative status in chronic cyclic heat-stressed finishing broilers.

ABSTRACT: Methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM) is available as a dietary supplement for human and has been associated with multiple health benefits such as reduction of oxidative stress. Heat stress (HS) is an environmental stressor challenging poultry production and known to inflict oxidative stress. We hypothesized that dietary MSM could attenuate HS-induced detrimental effects in broilers mediated by enhancement of antioxidant defenses. Hence, seven hundred ninety-two 1-day-old male Ross 308 broilers were allocated to 3 dietary treatments composed of corn-soybean meal diets with 0 (Ctrl), 1, or 2 g/kg MSM, with 12 replicates (22 birds each) per treatment for 39 d and subjected to a chronic cyclic HS model (temperature of 34°C and 52-58% relative humidity for 6 h daily) from d 24 to 39. MSM at 1 and 2 g/

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9763687 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature