Effects of incubation lighting with green or white light on brown layers: hatching performance, feather pecking and hypothalamic expressions of genes related with photoreception, serotonin, and stress systems

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of 16L:8D photoperiod with green (GREEN) or white (WHITE) lights during incubation on hatching performance, blood melatonin, corticosterone, and serotonin levels, hypothalamic expressions of genes related to photoreception, serotonin, and st...

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Main Authors: Sezen Özkan, Servet Yalçın, Özer Hakan Bayraktar, Güldehen Bilgen, Miray Dayıoğlu, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, T. Bas Rodenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579122004035