title: The effects of chronic intermittent noise exposure on broiler chicken performance.
abstract: Effects of different noise levels (70 or 80 dB) that broilers were exposed to during the entire fattening period and also the effect of the timing of the first exposure to intermittent noise in the course of fattening (day 1 vs. day 7) were monitored. After 7 days of exposure to intermittent noise, experimental chickens already showed a significant decrease in live body weight in comparison with the control group. The difference between the group exposed to intermittent noise at 70 dB and the group exposed to 80 dB levels was not statistically significant, although the mean live body weight of broilers in the latter was lower during the entire fattening period. The chickens exposed to intermittent noise from day 1 of age showed lower mean live weight throughout the fattening period compared to chickens exposed to the same level of intermittent noise only from day 7 of age, although at the end of fattening the difference was statistically significant only in chickens exposed to the higher level of intermittent noise (80 dB).
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic. voslarovae@vfu.cz
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Voslarova
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chloupek
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chloupek
authors.forename: Iveta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bedanova
authors.forename: Vladimira
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pistekova
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vecerek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D009622:Noise; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology*