This study was conducted to investigate the effects of α-ketoglutarate(AKG) on growth per-formance, meat quality, antioxidative function, and energy metabolism of broilers under heat stress.Two hundred 1-day-old Cobb chickens were randomly divided into four groups(control group, heat-stress group, VC group, and AKG group). Broilers in control group were fed the basal diet, and the VCand AKG groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.025% vitamin C and 0.5% AKG, respec-tively. The feeding trial lasted for 35 days. The results showed...