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OJVRTM
Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 19(10): 642-646, 2015.
Plasma copper and zinc in Ross broilers with respiratory colisepticemia
Rozhin Farshgar1, Morad Rahimi2, Mohammad Ebrahim
Nooriyan Soroor3
1,2Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, 3Faculty of Agriculture. Razi University,
Kermanshah, Iran
ABSTRACT
Farshgar R, RahimiM, Nooriyan Soroor ME., Plasma copper
and zinc in Ross broilers with respiratory colisepticemia,
Onl J Vet Res., 19(10): 642-646, 2015. Blood samples
were collected from 60 birds with colisepticaemia and
60 normal controls from 6 flocks of Ross 308© broiler chickens. Colisepticemia was confirmed
by isolation and identification of Escherichia coli and flame spectrophotometry was used to
determine plasma copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn). Data was
analyzed by
ANOVA and linear models. There was no
significant difference in plasma Cu or Cu/Zn ratios, but Zn levels in birds
with colisepticaemia were significantly higher
compared with controls.
KEY WORDS: Broiler chicken, Colisepticemia,
Copper, Zinc.
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