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Effect of night light regimen on growth performance, antioxidant status and health of broiler chickens from 1 to 21 days of age

  • Zhao, R.X. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Cai, C.H. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Wang, P. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Zheng, L. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Wang, J.S. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Li, K.X. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Liu, W. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Guo, X.Y. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Zhan, X.A. (Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Wang, K.Y. (Department of Biosystems Engineering, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University)
  • Received : 2018.07.10
  • Accepted : 2018.10.05
  • Published : 2019.06.01
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Abstract

Objective: The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of night light regimen on growth performance, antioxidant status and health of Lingnan Yellow broiler chickens from 1 to 21 days of age. Methods: A completely randomized factorial design involved 2 photoperiods (constant lighting [CL], 24 L:0 D and intermittent lighting [INL], 17 L:3 D:1 L:3 D)${\times}2$ light intensities (10 lx and 30 lx). A total of one thousand six hundred and eighty 1-d-old Lingnan Yellow broiler chicks were randomly divided into 4 treatments with 6 replicates (70 birds per replicate). The experiment lasted for 21 d. Results: Photoperiods and light intensities had no effect on average daily gain, feed conversion ratio, and mortality of the broiler chickens (p>0.05). The INL had a significant effect on average daily feed intake (p<0.05) of broiler chickens compared with CL. Photoperiod and light intensity had an interactive effect on melatonin (MT) concentration (p<0.05). At CL, reducing light intensity increased MT concentration; INL birds had higher MT but MT concentration was not affected by light intensity. There was an interactive effect on glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and catalase (CAT) in serum and total antioxidant capability (T-AOC) in liver between photoperiod and light intensity. With the decrease of light intensity, the activities of GPx and CAT in serum and T-AOC in liver increased in CL group (p<0.05). Broiler chickens reared under INL had better antioxidant status and 10 lx treatments had higher activities of CAT in serum than 30 lx (p<0.05). Different photoperiods and light intensities had no effect on malondialdehyde. There was an interaction between photoperiod and light intensity on serum creatine kinase (CK) concentration (p<0.05). At CL, the elevated light intensity resulted in an increase in CK content; INL birds had lower CK concentration especially in low light intensity group. Besides, INL and low light intensity significantly reduced the concentration of serum corticosterone and heat shock protein 70 (p<0.05). Serum immunoglobulin M contents were increased in broiler chickens reared under the INL compared with CL group (p<0.05). Conclusion: Results above suggest that the night light regimen of INL and 10 lx could be beneficial to the broiler chickens from 1 to 21 days of age due to the better health status and electricity savings.

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