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Does adding ascorbic acid to the diets of poultry to help with heat stress have any effect on trace mineral requirements?

April 26, 2017acid ascorbic diets heat help poultry stress trace

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Does adding ascorbic acid to the diets of poultry to help with heat stress have any effect on trace mineral requirements?

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A. It probably depends how long and at what level the ascorbic acid is added. Researchers have reported that adding ascorbic acid at the rate of 10 g/kg of diet will deplete liver copper stores in rats. This possibility should be investigated in broilers.