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Effect Of Lighting On Growth Performance And Carcass Characteristics Of Bronze Turkeys Reared In Intensive Conditions, Turgay Şengül, Yusuf Konca, Ahmet Yildiz

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The present study was designed to determine the effects of lighting regimes on the growth performances and carcass characteristics of Bronze turkeys reared in intensive conditions. Turkeys were reared under three lighting regimes (group 1, 12 h; group 2, 18 h; and group 3, 23 h.). In the experiment, the live weights of the turkeys (male+female) in groups 1, 2 and 3 were found to be 4578±142, 4630±131 and 4942±139 g respectively at the end of a 16-week period. The live weights during the 16-wk period were found to be affected (P0.05). These values were 3347±152, 3389±141 and 3554±197 g; …