TY - JOUR ID - 24243 TI - A Comparison of Physiological Variables as Observed between Healthy Broilers and Broilers with Subclinical Ascites JO - Iranian Journal of animal Science JA - IJAS LA - en SN - 2008-4773 AU - Khajali, Fariborz AU - Khajali, Fereydoon AD - Y1 - 2012 PY - 2012 VL - 42 IS - 4 SP - 355 EP - 360 KW - Blood KW - broiler KW - Heart KW - Hematocrit DO - N2 - An experiment was conducted in which 30 broiler chickens were selected based on their ECG and designated as healthy or subclinical ascites. Subsequently, blood samples were collected and assayed for hemoglobin, hematocrit and differential leukocyte count. Finally, all the birds were euthanized and their hearts harvested for the ventricle cuts. Results indicated that broilers with subclinical ascites had numerically higher hemoglobin as well as heterophil to lymphocyte ratio. However, the differences between treatment groups were not statistically significant. Nevertheless, hematocrit, the proportion of right ventricle to body weight, and the weight ratio of right ventricle to total ventricles were significantly (P UR - https://ijas.ut.ac.ir/article_24243.html L1 - https://ijas.ut.ac.ir/article_24243_88ccfeb0c86d5c518854f2492911b47a.pdf ER -