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- Title
Effect of intracerebrovascular injection of ghrelin on some of erythropoietic indicators in 42-day-old broiler chicken
- Authors
Shahryar, Habib Aghdam; Lotfi, Alireza; Sharaf, Jalil Dolghari
- Abstract
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the erythropoietic indicators in 42-day-old broiler chicks following intracerebrovascular injection of exogenous rat ghrelin at 21 day of age. Methods: A total of 90 male chicks were divided into three experimental groups including three replicates (10 chicks for each replicate): group 1 without any ghrelin injection, group 2 subjected to intracerebrovascular injection of 0.5 mg ghrelin/kg b.w. and group 3 subjected to intracerebrovascular injection of 1.0 mg ghrelin/kg b.w. at 21 days of age. Results: Intracerebrovascular injection of 0.5 or 1.0 mg ghrelin/kg b.w. at 21 days of age did not have any significant effect on the measured erythropoietic indicators including red blood cell, hematocrit, haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration. Conclusions: Intracerebrovascular injection of exogenous rat ghrelin does not have any considerable effect on erythropoietic activity of broiler chickens.
- Subjects
GHRELIN; ERYTHROPOIESIS; BROILER chickens; INJECTIONS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOGLOBINS; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2012, Vol 2, Issue s2, pS1010
- ISSN
2221-1691
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60352-9