%0 Journal Article %T Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Performance and Immune Response of Broiler Chicks %J Iranian Journal of animal Science %I پردیس کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی دانشگاه تهران %Z 2008-4773 %A hesabi nameghi, alireza %A nasiri moghaddam, hassan %A tavakol afshari, jalil %D 2009 %\ 02/19/2009 %V 39 %N 1 %P - %! Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Performance and Immune Response of Broiler Chicks %K . %K broiler chicks %K immune response %K performance %K vitamin c %R %X To evaluate the effect of supplemental vitamin C (VC) levels on performance and immune response of broiler chicks, 300 day-old Ross male broiler chicks were allocated to a completly randomized design of 5 treatments(500 and 1000 ppm in diet, 500 and 1000 ppm in drinking water and control). Immunity was assessed as antibody production against Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) and Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV), mitogenic response to PhytohemagglutininA (PHA) and concanavalin A (conA), Cutaneous Basophil Hypersensitivity (CBH) to PHA. Vitamin C ( 500 and 1000 ppm in drinking water and 1000 ppm in diets) increased (P %U https://ijas.ut.ac.ir/article_20690_ddf9f3c47f2ace76b7b3dd934319473d.pdf