Effects of vitamin C or vitamin E supplementation on Cadmium induced oxidative stress and anaemia in broilers.

The article presents a study on the effects of a dietary supplementation of Cadmium (Cd) on antioxidant defense systems, haematological parameters and lipid peroxidation. The researchers observed 48 one day old broiler chicks, each of which was weighed and allotted randomly into four equal experimental groups. The researchers also collected blood samples into heparinised sterile test tubes at the end of the 42-day long experimental period, after which they measured the packed cell volume (PCV) and erythrocyte count values using standard haematological techniques. They found that the Cd exposition was able to induce oxidative stress in broilers.