TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vitorović, Duško
AU  - Božičković, Ivana
AU  - Lukić, Miloš
AU  - Relić, Renata
AU  - Škrbić, Zdenka
AU  - Petričević, Veselin
AU  - Lazarević Macanović, Mirjana
AU  - Krstić, Nikola
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://r.istocar.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/872
AB  - The first few weeks after broilers hatch are the period of most intense bone growthand development, and the time when they are most susceptible to the in fluence ofvarious external and internal factors. Research in the recent decades has focused on theinvolvement of melatonin in bone development during early life in chickens. Melatoninrelease from the pineal gland has a circadian rhythm, with the highest levels circulatingduring the night and decreasing during the light phase of the day. Various types oflighting are used in intensive broiler production. In this study, the effects of melatoninon the tibial structure and growth of broilers were investigated. During the first twoweeks of life, two groups of chickens were kept under continuous light and fed thesame diet, with the experimental group receiving melatonin in the amount of 0.03 g/kg of feed. The results obtained showed that the addition of melatonin in the diet hadpositive effects on the development and growth of the tibia, which was expressed ina signi ficantly greater thickness of the diaphysis and cortical bone of the diaphysis,higher breaking force and higher values of alkaline phosphatase activity. The corticalbone mineral density of the tibia did not differ signi ficantly between the groups ofchicken.
PB  - University of Belgrade - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
T2  - Acta Veterinaria-Beograd
T1  - Tibia growth and development in broiler chicks reared under continuous light and melatonin dietary supplementation during the first two weeks of life
VL  - 73
IS  - 2
SP  - 262
EP  - 270
DO  - 10.2478/acve-2023-0020
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Vitorović, Duško and Božičković, Ivana and Lukić, Miloš and Relić, Renata and Škrbić, Zdenka and Petričević, Veselin and Lazarević Macanović, Mirjana and Krstić, Nikola",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The first few weeks after broilers hatch are the period of most intense bone growthand development, and the time when they are most susceptible to the in fluence ofvarious external and internal factors. Research in the recent decades has focused on theinvolvement of melatonin in bone development during early life in chickens. Melatoninrelease from the pineal gland has a circadian rhythm, with the highest levels circulatingduring the night and decreasing during the light phase of the day. Various types oflighting are used in intensive broiler production. In this study, the effects of melatoninon the tibial structure and growth of broilers were investigated. During the first twoweeks of life, two groups of chickens were kept under continuous light and fed thesame diet, with the experimental group receiving melatonin in the amount of 0.03 g/kg of feed. The results obtained showed that the addition of melatonin in the diet hadpositive effects on the development and growth of the tibia, which was expressed ina signi ficantly greater thickness of the diaphysis and cortical bone of the diaphysis,higher breaking force and higher values of alkaline phosphatase activity. The corticalbone mineral density of the tibia did not differ signi ficantly between the groups ofchicken.",
publisher = "University of Belgrade - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine",
journal = "Acta Veterinaria-Beograd",
title = "Tibia growth and development in broiler chicks reared under continuous light and melatonin dietary supplementation during the first two weeks of life",
volume = "73",
number = "2",
pages = "262-270",
doi = "10.2478/acve-2023-0020"
}

Vitorović, D., Božičković, I., Lukić, M., Relić, R., Škrbić, Z., Petričević, V., Lazarević Macanović, M.,& Krstić, N.. (2023). Tibia growth and development in broiler chicks reared under continuous light and melatonin dietary supplementation during the first two weeks of life. in Acta Veterinaria-Beograd
University of Belgrade - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine., 73(2), 262-270.
https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2023-0020

Vitorović D, Božičković I, Lukić M, Relić R, Škrbić Z, Petričević V, Lazarević Macanović M, Krstić N. Tibia growth and development in broiler chicks reared under continuous light and melatonin dietary supplementation during the first two weeks of life. in Acta Veterinaria-Beograd. 2023;73(2):262-270.
doi:10.2478/acve-2023-0020 .

Vitorović, Duško, Božičković, Ivana, Lukić, Miloš, Relić, Renata, Škrbić, Zdenka, Petričević, Veselin, Lazarević Macanović, Mirjana, Krstić, Nikola, "Tibia growth and development in broiler chicks reared under continuous light and melatonin dietary supplementation during the first two weeks of life" in Acta Veterinaria-Beograd, 73, no. 2 (2023):262-270,
https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2023-0020 . .