EFFECT OF USING DIFFERENT COLORED LED LIGHTS ON GONADS, EGG NUMBER AND WEIGHT IN JAPANESE QUAILS

Authors

  • Ismail Gökce Yildirim * Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin 09000, Turkey, gyildirim@adu.edu.tr
  • Ece Koc Yildirim 2Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin 09000, Turkey
  • Firuze Turker Yavas Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin 09000, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26873/SVR-1925-2024

Keywords:

LED, light color, quail; reproduction

Abstract

Artificial lighting plays a crucial role in regulating the maturation of the reproductive system of birds during puberty and thus affects their reproductive capacity. The aim of this study was to investigate the morphometric effects of the use of different coloured light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the gonads of male and female Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). The experimental groups were also examined with regard to egg count, weight, fertility and hatchability. A total of 240 quails of mixed sex were subjected to three different light colours, namely white, green and blue LEDs. The anatomical condition of the birds was examined at 42 days of age. To evaluate the potential effects of the different light colours on the number and weight of eggs, a cohort of 12 female and 3 male quails from each group were observed for an additional 30 days under identical experimental conditions and light exposures. An assessment was conducted to determine the differences in the number and weight of eggs between the different groups as a function of the number of days. The use of LED lights in different colours had no significant effect on the development of the testes in males and the ovaries in females. Between days 42 and 72 of the experiment, there were no discernible differences in the egg quantities of the quails, reared under different light colours. However, the eggs in the blue light group had a higher weight than those in the white light group. Ultimately, the use of white, green and blue LED lamps for photostimulation had no discernible effect on the growth of testes and ovaries, with the exception of egg weight.

Vpliv barve led-svetlobe in gostote živali na nekatere hematološke parametre in oksidativni stres pri japonskih prepelicah

Izvleček: Študija je ocenjevala učinke barve svetlobe svetlečih diod (LED) in gostote naselitve na hematološke parametre, oksidativno presnovo in težo organov prepelic. Več ključnih dejavnikov upravljanja, ki vplivajo na dobro počutje brojlerjev, vključuje barvo svetlobe in gostoto naselitve. Zato je bil namen te študije ugotoviti učinek različnih barv svetlobe in gostote naselitve na hematološke parametre in parametre oksidativnega stresa pri japonskih prepelicah. V ta namen so bile pri prepelicah, ki so bile izpostavljene različnim barvam svetlobe in gostoti naselitve, izmerjene ravni malondialdehida (MDA), superoksid dismutaze (SOD), katalaze (CAT) in glutationa (GSH) z uporabo komercialno dostopnih kompletov ELISA. V študiji je bilo 720 enodnevnih japonskih prepelic (Coturnix coturnix japonica) naključno razvrščenih v eno od šestih obravnav, vsaka s štirimi dvojniki po 30 ptic. Poskus je bil zasnovan kot faktorska razporeditev obdelav 3 x 2 s tremi barvami LED-svetlobe (bela, modra in zelena) in dvema gostotama naselitve (nizka = 200 cm2/ptico; visoka = 100 cm2/ptico). Pri starosti 42 dni je bilo naključno izbranih 20 prepelic iz vsake skupine za analizo nekaterih hematoloških parametrov. Glede na dobljene rezultate je bilo razmerje med heterofilci in limfociti (H/L) znatno višje pri prepelicah, izpostavljenih beli LED-svetlobi, vendar vpliv gostote naselitve na razmerje H/L ni bil značilen. Na indikator oksidativnega stresa MDA barva svetlobe ni vplivala, je pa visoka gostota naselitve drastično zmanjšala aktivnosti CAT in GSH v jetrih. Teža srca je bila manjša pri prepelicah, ki so bile izpostavljene modri LED-svetlobi. Gostota naselitve ni vplivala na maso srca in jeter. Zaključimo lahko, da bela LED-svetloba sicer poveča razmerje H/L in stresne razmere, vendar ne vpliva na kazalnike oksidativnega stresa. Te ugotovitve so poudarile potrebo po določitvi optimalnih barv LED-svetlobe za prepelice v komercialnih proizvodnih okoljih, da bi povečali dobrobit jate. Za razumevanje učinkov in iskanje najboljše barve LED-svetlobe za prepelice pri različnih gostotah naselitve je potrebnih več raziskav.

Ključne besede: prepelice; LED-svetloba; razmerje med heterofilci in limfociti; oksidativni stres; gostota naselitve

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2025-06-30

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Yildirim, İsmail G., Yildirim, E. K., & Yavas, F. T. (2025). EFFECT OF USING DIFFERENT COLORED LED LIGHTS ON GONADS, EGG NUMBER AND WEIGHT IN JAPANESE QUAILS. Slovenian Veterinary Research, 62(2), 101–6. https://doi.org/10.26873/SVR-1925-2024

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