Table 7.
Plasma corticosterone levels (pg/ml) following an 18 h fasting and 6 h heat and crowding stress in turkey hens, grown to 62 days, and supplemented with fermentation derived functional metabolites.
| Pre-extracted | Post-extracted | |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment | 34 days | 34 days |
| NC | 327 ± 154 | 6740b±1138 |
| PC | 659 ± 117 | 12459a±876 |
| XPC2 | 446 ± 111 | 12000a±876 |
| AVX1, 2 | 448 ± 117 | 14131a±831 |
| P-value | 0.34 | 0.0001 |
1
AviCare (Diamond V, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA) was supplemented in the water intermittently at 160 mL/100 L.
2
Original XPC (Diamond V, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA) was supplemented continuously in the feed at 1.25 kg/MT.
a, b
Values within the same column lacking the same superscript significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).