ReviewVeterinary medicine and science2022
Managing broiler production challenges at high altitude.
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- Crataegus oxyacantha Extract Enhances Cardiac Adaptation and Reduces Oxidative-Inflammatory Stress in Broiler Chickens Raised at High Altitude Under Cold Stress.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Comparative Analysis of Production Performance and Physiological Responses in Snowy White Chickens Reared at Different Altitudes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Broiler Ascites Syndrome as a Potential Spontaneous Animal Model for Human Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Captopril modulates vasoactive and oxidative pathways in broiler chickens exposed to high-altitude and cold stress.Poultry science · 2026Article
- Differential impact of sodium butyrate forms on intestinal morphology, gene expression, and growth performance in broiler chickens under cold stress at high altitude.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Article
- Effects of Sodium Butyrate Forms on Carcass Performance, Pulmonary Hypertension, Metabolic Health and Oxidative-Inflammatory Responses in Broiler Chickens Under Cold Stress at High Altitude.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Electrophoretic Plasma Protein Reference Intervals for Backyard Chickens From Northern Colorado.Veterinary clinical pathology · 2025Article
- Effect of l-carnitine and emulsifier on growth performance, lipid profile, lipogenesis, and oxidative stress of broiler chickens raised at high altitude.Poultry science · 2025Article
- Dietary L-carnitine modulates oxidative stress, lipid metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension in chickens raised at high-altitude under cold stress.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Effect of Ascites Syndrome on Diversity of Cecal Microbiota of Broiler Chickens.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
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- Differential diagnosis of Eimeria species in farmed Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica).Poultry science · 2024Article
- Effect of dietary inclusion of atorvastatin, garlic, and dill on growth performance, antioxidant defense, gut, and cardio-pulmonary function, and lipogenesis in broiler chickens.Tropical animal health and production · 2023Article
- Changes in the Expression of MIF and Other Key Enzymes of Energy Metabolism in the Myocardia of Broiler Chickens with Ascites Syndrome.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Managing broiler production challenges at high altitude.Veterinary medicine and science · 2022Review
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Abstract
This review covers the challenges of broiler chickens at high altitude, with the focus on growth performance and physiological response. The review also sheds light on nutritional and management interventions that help overcome the challenges raised at high altitude. Reduced concentration of atmospheric oxygen is by far the biggest challenge that remarkably affect growth performance and livability of broiler chickens reared in high altitude area. Broiler chickens have endured intensive genetic selection, which potentially predispose them to several metabolic disorders. Hypoxia is an overriding factor that may increase the incidence of metabolic disorders, mainly ascites syndrome at high altitude. Commercial broiler strains cannot fully achieve their genetic potential when raising at highland regions. Careful nutrition and management considerations are required to prevent metabolic disorders when raising broilers at high altitude. In ovo or in-feed nutraceuticals such as l-carnitine and guanidinoacetic acid as well as pharmaceuticals, texture of feed and the use of proper sources and levels of dietary energy and protein are important factors that need to be carefully considered for rearing broiler chickens at high altitude. Management strategies such as lighting programs have been shown to be effective to circumvent ascites prevalence. Special breeding programs may also be considered to develop strains with resistance to ascites.
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