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Effect of light sources on growth performance and some physiological responses of broiler chicks

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Animal and poultry science

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the effect of light source on growth performance and physiological response of broilers. A total number of one hundred and ninety-two unsexed seven-day old; Cobb broiler chicks were used in this study. Chicks were allocated into two treatment groups. Each treatment consisted of twelve replicates eight birds each. Birds in treatment 1 were exposed to yellow-reddish light produced from 60-watt incandescent lamps, while those in treatment 2 were subjected to white light by using 26 watt saving lamps. The light intensity for all experimental birds were 5 lux at the level of a bird till the end of experiment. Results showed that, using 26 watt saving lamps significantly increased body weight and body weight gain at 28, 35 and 42 days of age, feed consumption at 42 days of age and improved feed conversion ratio from 21-28 and 7-42 days of age. Moreover, using saving lamps significantly increased glucose, HDL and uric acid concentrations and significantly reduced all of creatinine, triglyceride and VLDL. It could be concluded that the using saving lamps as lighting source is more beneficial than the yellow-reddish light produced from 60-watt incandescent lamps

DOI

10.21608/svuijas.2020.49443.1052

Keywords

Broilers, blood parameters, Light Sources, performance

Authors

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E.M.Y

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Abd-Elhamed

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Animal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt

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Z.S.H.

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Ismail

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Animal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt

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zien7300@yahoo.com

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T.A.

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Marwan

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Animal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt.

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t.marwan@agr.svu.edu.eg

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First Name

Abdalla

Last Name

Hassan

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Animal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt

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attai73@yahoo.com

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0000-0001-5262-2256

Volume

2

Article Issue

2

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15401

Issue Date

2020-07-01

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2020-11-10

Publish Date

2020-07-01

Page Start

467

Page End

475

Print ISSN

2636-3801

Online ISSN

2636-381X

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https://svuijas.journals.ekb.eg/article_132584.html

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1,132

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Publication Title

SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://svuijas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of light sources on growth performance and some physiological responses of broiler chicks

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Created At

22 Jan 2023