TY  - JOUR
AU  - Relić, Renata
AU  - Škrbić, Zdenka
AU  - Božičković, Ivana
AU  - Lukić, Miloš
AU  - Petričević, Veselin
AU  - Delić, Nikola
AU  - Bondžić, Aleksandra
AU  - Vitorović, Duško
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://r.istocar.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/805
AB  - Intensive broiler chicken production involves different lighting regimes, which affects a natural cycle of secretion of
melatonin, a hormone included in multiple physiological processes in a bird's body. This research aimed to determine the effects of
dietary melatonin supplementation during the first two weeks of broiler chickens' life, bred under constant 24 h lighting, on their health
and some hematological, biochemical, and production parameters. The study lasted 6 weeks. Three hundred and twenty 1-day chickens
were divided into two groups (control - C and experimental - M), with four replications and 40 chickens in each replica. In the first
two weeks (the first phase of the study), a continuous lighting mode 24L: 0D was applied. Group M was receiving a diet supplemented
with 30 mg/kg synthetic melatonin only during the first phase. Group C had a diet without melatonin supplementation throughout the
whole study. Melatonin addition had a statistically significant effect (P<0.01) on the mean values of body weight and daily weight gain
at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th week. The chickens of the experimental group have had a significantly higher value of the
European Production Efficiency Factor (EPEF) (P<0.05). The results presented in this paper indicate a direct benefit in stress relief in
broilers and a value of the organism's antioxidant system promotion, manifested by improved production performance and fattening
efficiency.
PB  - Ankara University
T2  - Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
T1  - Effects of dietary melatonin on broiler chicken exposed to continuous lighting during the first two weeks of life
VL  - 69
IS  - 4
SP  - 361
EP  - 366
DO  - 10.33988/auvfd.866702
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Relić, Renata and Škrbić, Zdenka and Božičković, Ivana and Lukić, Miloš and Petričević, Veselin and Delić, Nikola and Bondžić, Aleksandra and Vitorović, Duško",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Intensive broiler chicken production involves different lighting regimes, which affects a natural cycle of secretion of
melatonin, a hormone included in multiple physiological processes in a bird's body. This research aimed to determine the effects of
dietary melatonin supplementation during the first two weeks of broiler chickens' life, bred under constant 24 h lighting, on their health
and some hematological, biochemical, and production parameters. The study lasted 6 weeks. Three hundred and twenty 1-day chickens
were divided into two groups (control - C and experimental - M), with four replications and 40 chickens in each replica. In the first
two weeks (the first phase of the study), a continuous lighting mode 24L: 0D was applied. Group M was receiving a diet supplemented
with 30 mg/kg synthetic melatonin only during the first phase. Group C had a diet without melatonin supplementation throughout the
whole study. Melatonin addition had a statistically significant effect (P<0.01) on the mean values of body weight and daily weight gain
at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th week. The chickens of the experimental group have had a significantly higher value of the
European Production Efficiency Factor (EPEF) (P<0.05). The results presented in this paper indicate a direct benefit in stress relief in
broilers and a value of the organism's antioxidant system promotion, manifested by improved production performance and fattening
efficiency.",
publisher = "Ankara University",
journal = "Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi",
title = "Effects of dietary melatonin on broiler chicken exposed to continuous lighting during the first two weeks of life",
volume = "69",
number = "4",
pages = "361-366",
doi = "10.33988/auvfd.866702"
}

Relić, R., Škrbić, Z., Božičković, I., Lukić, M., Petričević, V., Delić, N., Bondžić, A.,& Vitorović, D.. (2022). Effects of dietary melatonin on broiler chicken exposed to continuous lighting during the first two weeks of life. in Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
Ankara University., 69(4), 361-366.
https://doi.org/10.33988/auvfd.866702

Relić R, Škrbić Z, Božičković I, Lukić M, Petričević V, Delić N, Bondžić A, Vitorović D. Effects of dietary melatonin on broiler chicken exposed to continuous lighting during the first two weeks of life. in Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi. 2022;69(4):361-366.
doi:10.33988/auvfd.866702 .

Relić, Renata, Škrbić, Zdenka, Božičković, Ivana, Lukić, Miloš, Petričević, Veselin, Delić, Nikola, Bondžić, Aleksandra, Vitorović, Duško, "Effects of dietary melatonin on broiler chicken exposed to continuous lighting during the first two weeks of life" in Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, 69, no. 4 (2022):361-366,
https://doi.org/10.33988/auvfd.866702 . .