Laying hen responses to acute heat stress and carbon dioxide supplementation: I. Blood gas changes and plasma lactate accumulation

K. W. Koelkebeck, T. W. Odom

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Abstract

Exposure to heat stress lowered partial pressure of arterial blood carbon dioxide (paCO2), arterial blood bicarbonate ion (HCO-3), but increased arterial blood pH (pHa) and plasma lactate (LA). Increasing ambient carbon dioxide (CO2) to 1.5% increased paCO2 from hypocapnic levels to normocapnic levels, raised HCO3- lowered pHa and plasma LA to pre-heat stress levels. Following CO2 treatment, respiratory alkalosis conditions returned. It was evident in this study that increasing ambient chamber CO2 to 1.5% was effective in ameliorating acid-base disturbances and reducing elevated levels of plasma LA which normally develops when laying hens are subjected to an acute heat stress exposure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)603-606
Number of pages4
JournalComparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology
Volume107
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1994
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon dioxide supplementation
  • Heat stress
  • Plasma lactate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology

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