Influence of intermittent lighting on broiler performance, incidence of tibial dyschondroplasia, tonic immobility, some blood parameters and antibody production

ONBAŞILAR E. E., Erol H., Cantekin Z., Kaya U.

ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, cilt.20, sa.4, ss.550-555, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5713/ajas.2007.550
  • Dergi Adı: ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.550-555
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: lighting, broiler, performance, tibial dyschondroplasia, tonic immobility, relative asymmetry, blood parameters, antibody production, CHICKENS GALLUS-GALLUS, LEG ABNORMALITIES, STOCKING DENSITY, LAYING HENS, STRESS, SUPPLEMENTATION, RESTRICTION, RESPONSES, SELECTION, CARPROFEN
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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) IL: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.