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Effects Of Lighting Schedule And Ascorbic Acid On Performance And Tibiotarsus Bone Characteristics In Broilers, Hüseyi̇n Yildiz, Meti̇n Petek, Gürsel Sönmez, İlker Arican, Bestami̇ Yilmaz

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study was conducted to determine the effects of 2 lighting programs (continuous: 24 h light:0 h dark; intermittent: 12 h daylight followed by 3 cycles of 1 h light, and then 3 h dark during the night) and 3 ascorbic acid supplementations (0, 200, and 400 mg/L added to water) on broiler performance, bone characteristics, and the incidence of tibial dyschondroplasia. One-day-old male commercial (Ross PM_3) broiler chicks (600) were divided into 6 treatment groups (2 × 3) with random replicates (4 replicates per treatment). At the end of 6 weeks data revealed that the lighting program, which was …