weekly. Blood gases analyses were measured from day 14 afterwards. Mortality was necropsied daily to determine cause of death. At the end of the experiment, 5 chickens from each replicate were randomly selected, weighed, slaughtered, heart was removed...

feeding until 8 hour post feeding at day 24 of the each experimental period. Blood samples

were taken from jugular vein before the feeding, 2, 4 and 6 h post feeding at day 26 of

each period. In order to determine venous blood gases and pH, jugular...