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http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2007.550

Influence of Intermittent Lighting on Broiler Performance, Incidence of Tibial Dyschondroplasia, Tonic Immobility, Some Blood Parameters and Antibody Production  

Onbasilar, E.E. (Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Science)
Erol, H. (Abant İzzet Baysal University, Mudurnu Süreyya Astarcı Vocational School of Higher Education)
Cantekin, Z. (Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology)
Kaya, U. (Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.20, no.4, 2007 , pp. 550-555 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of two lighting programs (continuous lighting (CL) 24L:0D and intermittent lighting (IL) 1L:3D) on the broiler performance, carcass traits, incidence of tibial dyschondroplasia (TD), relative asymmetry (RA), duration of induced tonic immobility (TI), heterophils-lymphocytes ratio (H/L), serum glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride levels. The chicks were randomly divided into 2 treatment groups consisting of 100 chicks per treatment, continuous lighting (CL) 24L:0D or intermittent lighting (IL) 1L:3D. Each treatment consists of 5 replicates of 20 chicks. The experimental period was 6 weeks. Use of IL decreased feed to gain ratio, improved immune response and reduced fearful. Body weight, carcass traits, TD and stress parameters (organ weights, RA, H/L, glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride levels) were not significant in different lighting groups. As a result IL was beneficial for producers and chickens than CL.
Keywords
Lighting; Broiler; Performance; Tibial Dyschondroplasia; Tonic Immobility; Relative Asymmetry; Blood Parameters; Antibody Production;
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