Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (2): 311-321.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.02.004

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Mechanism of Ammonia Affecting Animal Health and Productive Performance

CUI Jia1, YANG Xinyu1, LI Nan1, CHEN Baojiang1,2*   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China;
    2. Hebei Technology Innovation Center of Cattle and Sheep Embryo, Baoding 071000, China
  • Received:2020-06-24 Online:2021-02-23 Published:2021-02-24

Abstract: The breeding environment is gradually deteriorating with the increase in the number and scale of livestock and poultry breeding. Since livestock and poultry are extremely sensitive to the air quality, the air quality is directly related to animal morbidity. Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most harmful pollution sources in animal production. If the animal continuously exposed environment of ammonia, it will induce respiratory system diseases, cause neurological dysfunction, reduce the ability of reproduction and growth. Here we summarized the mechanism by which ammonia effects animal health and production performance.

Key words: ammonia, respiratory system, nervous system, reproductive performance, growth performance

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