Galosi Livio, Todini Luca, Menchetti Laura, Carbajal Annaïs, Palme Rupert, Ruggiero Nicola, Falconi Roberto, Roncarati Alessandra
School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Via Circonvallazione 93-95, 62024 Matelica, MC, Italy.
Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, Veterinary Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Vet Sci. 2024 Dec 2;11(12):618. doi: 10.3390/vetsci11120618.
This study evaluated the effect of a broiler-specific light spectrum on productive performance corticosterone (fCC) and androgen dehydroepiandrosterone (fDHEA) concentrations in feathers, and glucocorticoid (GCMs) and androgen (AMs) metabolites in droppings of broilers. Two groups of female Ross 308 broilers were reared under white LED (WL, n = 9000) and broiler-specific LED (BSL, n = 9000) lights. The body weight (BW) of 150 randomly selected animals/groups was measured weekly. Droppings and feathers were collected at the end of the cycle (29 days) from 20 animals/group. The BSL group showed higher final BW than WL (1407 ± 11 vs. 1341 ± 15 g, respectively; < 0.001) and higher indices of uniformity (76.8% vs. 61.2% animals in the 10% around the mean, respectively; < 0.001). No difference between groups was found in fCC and fDHEA concentrations or in the fCC-fDHEA, indicating similar long-term HPA axis activity during the cycle. A higher concentration of GCMs was found in the BSL group, indicating higher glucocorticoid secretion before sampling, with neither a difference in AMs nor in GCMs-AMs. Finally, there was a positive correlation between fCC and fDHEA and between GCMs and AMs ( < 0.01). Our findings suggest that the use of broiler-specific light improved the productivity performances of chickens without long-term consequences on HPA activation. However, the results of this pilot study in a commercial farm setting must be interpreted with caution and need confirmation.
本研究评估了特定于肉鸡的光谱对肉鸡生产性能、羽毛中皮质酮(fCC)和雄激素脱氢表雄酮(fDHEA)浓度以及粪便中糖皮质激素(GCMs)和雄激素(AMs)代谢物的影响。两组雌性罗斯308肉鸡分别在白色LED灯(WL,n = 9000)和特定于肉鸡的LED灯(BSL,n = 9000)下饲养。每周测量每组随机选取的150只动物的体重(BW)。在饲养周期结束时(29天),从每组20只动物收集粪便和羽毛。BSL组的最终体重高于WL组(分别为1407±11克和1341±15克;P<0.001),且均匀度指数更高(分别为76.8%和61.2%的动物体重在均值±10%范围内;P<0.001)。两组在fCC和fDHEA浓度或fCC - fDHEA方面未发现差异,表明在整个周期内长期的下丘脑 - 垂体 - 肾上腺(HPA)轴活动相似。在BSL组中发现GCMs浓度较高,表明在采样前糖皮质激素分泌较高,而AMs以及GCMs - AMs均无差异。最后,fCC与fDHEA之间以及GCMs与AMs之间存在正相关(P<0.01)。我们的研究结果表明,使用特定于肉鸡的光照可提高鸡的生产性能,且对HPA激活无长期影响。然而,在商业农场环境中进行的这项初步研究结果必须谨慎解读,且需要进一步证实。