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The Mechanisms Involved in the Decreased Egg Production in Chicken at High Ambient Temperatures (Review)

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Fundamental and Applied Scientific Research in the Development of Agriculture in the Far East (AFE-2021) (AFE 2021)

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High ambient temperature is known as a factor limiting the productive performance in poultry. Comfortable temperature for modern egg producing chicken crosses is 21–22 ℃; higher temperatures can detrimentally affect the well-being and productivity. The temperatures above 32–35 ℃ can result in serious difficulties with the thermal balance in chicken; long exposure to these temperatures together with the inability to prompt compensatory body heat losses will result in the heat stress decreasing feed consumption, egg production and quality, and increasing the mortality levels. Different mechanisms underlying these effects are reviewed in the study presented: the disturbance of the reproductive system due to reduced blood supply and enhancement of the peripheral blood circulation; reduced absorbing ability of the intestine due to the imbalances in the intestinal microbiota and structural alterations in the intestinal walls; the suppressive effects of corticosterone and prolactin on the adrenal-gonadal axis, including suppression of the follicular growth in the ovary by corticosterone via the decrease in the availability of vitellogenin; inhibition of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis involving the inhibition of the secretion of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) in the hypothalamus, disturbance of GnRH-induced release of gonadotropins (follicle stimulating and lutheinizing hormones) in the pituitary resulting in the decrease in the secretion of steroid hormones (estrogen and progesterone) in the ovary; multifaceted interactions between high temperature, decreased feed consumption, and hormonal imbalance; excessive production of the active forms of oxygen and imbalance between the latter and antioxidants resulting in the disturbances in the ovulation.

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Kavtarashvili, A. (2022). The Mechanisms Involved in the Decreased Egg Production in Chicken at High Ambient Temperatures (Review). In: Muratov, A., Ignateva, S. (eds) Fundamental and Applied Scientific Research in the Development of Agriculture in the Far East (AFE-2021). AFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 354. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91405-9_93

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