title: Ameliorative effects of melatonin administration and photoperiods on diurnal fluctuations in cloacal temperature of Marshall broiler chickens during the hot dry season.
abstract: Experiments were performed with the aim of determining the effect of melatonin administration on diurnal fluctuations in cloacal temperature (CT) of Marshall broiler chickens during the hot dry season. Birds in group I (12L:12D cycle) were raised under natural photoperiod of 12-h light and 12-h darkness, without melatonin supplementation, while those in group II (LL) were kept under 24-h continuous lighting, without melatonin administration. Broiler chickens in group III (LL + melatonin) were raised under 24-h continuous lighting, with melatonin supplementation at 0.5 mg/kg per os. The cloacal temperatures of 15 labeled broiler chickens from each group were measured at 6:00, 13:00, and 19:00 h, 7 days apart, from days 14-42. Temperature-humidity index was highest at day 14 of the study, with the value of 36.72 ± 0.82 °C but lowest at day 28 with the value of 30.91 ± 0.80 °C (P < 0.0001). The overall mean hourly cloacal temperature value of 41.51 ± 0.03 °C obtained in the 12L:12D cycle birds was significantly higher (P < 0.001) than the value of 41.16 ± 0.03 °C recorded in the melatonin-treated group but lower than that of 41.65 ± 0.03 °C obtained in the LL birds. Mortality due to hyperthermia commenced at day 28 in both 12L:12D cycle and LL broiler chickens but was delayed till day 42 in LL + MEL broiler chickens. In conclusion, melatonin administration alleviated the deleterious effects of heat stress on broiler chickens by maintaining their cloacal temperature at relatively low values.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2222, Kaduna State, Nigeria, sinkmayo@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Victor O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Sinkalu
authors.forename: Joseph O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Ayo
authors.forename: Alexander B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Adelaiye
authors.forename: Joseph O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Hambolu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D002988:Cloaca / Q000502:physiology*; D018882:Heat Stress Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000662:veterinary; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008029:Lighting; D008550:Melatonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017440:Photoperiod; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008550:Melatonin
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