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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

Effects of LED Light Colors on the Growth Performance, Intestinal Morphology, Cecal Short-Chain Fatty Acid Concentrations and Microbiota in Broilers.

Yihui Liu, Youkuan He, Siqin Fan, Xinyu Gong, Yuqiao Zhou, Yaowei Jian, Jiuyi Ouyang, Qianming Jiang, Peihua Zhang

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yihui LiuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Youkuan HeCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Siqin FanCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Xinyu GongCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Yuqiao ZhouCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Yaowei JianCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Jiuyi OuyangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Qianming JiangDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9522-4856
Peihua ZhangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Hunan Agricultural University · CNUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the effects of light-emitting diode (LED) light colors on growth, intestinal morphology, and cecal microbiota in broilers. A total of 360 healthy male Arbor Acres (AA) broilers with similar weights were selected and divided into four groups with six replicates in each group and 15 broilers in each replicate: LED white light (W), LED green light (G), LED blue light (B), and LED blue-green composite light (BG). The experimental period was 42 d, the light cycle of each treatment group was 23L:1D (23 h of light, one hour of darkness) from 1 to 3 d, and the light cycle from 4 to 42 d was 16L:8D; light intensity was 20 Lux. The results showed that the average daily feed intake and final weight of broilers receiving the B group were the highest in 21 d and 42 d compared with other groups. The average daily feed intake of the BG group was lower than that of the B group. In the same light color, small intestine villus height grows with age. On days 21 and 42, compared with other groups, the ileal villus height was higher, the crypt depth was lower, and the V/C ratio (villus to crypt ratio) was higher in the BG group. The combination of blue-green composite light was beneficial to increase the content of propionate, isobutyrate, butyrate, isovalerate, and valerate in the cecum of 21-day-old broilers and the content of isobutyrate in the cecum of 42-day-old broilers, and a decrease in cecal short-chain fatty acid concentrations with age. The B group and the BG group had higher abundances of

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broilerscecal microbiomefeed efficiencyintestinal histologyshort-chain fatty acid

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