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Integr Zool


Title:"Bright artificial light at night is associated with increased body mass, poor reproductive success and compromised disease tolerance in Australian budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)"
Author(s):Malek I; Haim A;
Address:"Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel. The Israeli Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Chronobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel"
Journal Title:Integr Zool
Year:2019
Volume:14
Issue:6
Page Number:589 - 603
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12409
ISSN/ISBN:1749-4877 (Electronic) 1749-4869 (Linking)
Abstract:"Artificial light at night (ALAN) can cause circadian disruption and result in adverse behavioral and ecological effects in free-living birds, but studies on captive pet birds as companion animals have been infrequent. We studied the effects of exposure to bright ALAN on body mass, melatonin sulfate levels, reproduction and disease severity in Australian budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) kept in captivity. During the experiment, birds were kept under outdoor temperature, humidity and natural photoperiod from September to December. A total of 48 birds were equally split into 4 groups (6 mating pairs each) and concurrently exposed to ALAN of 200 lux with different duration (0, 30, 60 and 90 min). Monthly observations were recorded for all dependent parameters. ALAN exposure increased mass gain and suppressed melatonin levels in a dose-dependent manner, especially during December. In addition, ALAN exposure in all duration groups decreased egg production and reduced hatchability from 61% +/- 14% in the ALAN-unexposed control group to 0% in the ALAN-exposed birds. Disease severity was also found to increase in line with the duration of ALAN exposure. In captive M. undulatus, ALAN exposure was demonstrated to affect photoperiodic regulation with subsequent excess mass gain and reproduction impairment, and increased susceptibility to infections plausibly through duration dose-dependent suppression of melatonin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate a possible association between acute bright ALAN of increasing duration and both natural development of infections as well as reproductive cessation in captive birds. Our findings could be used to improve breeding conditions of captive birds"
Keywords:Animals Australia Body Weight Female Light/*adverse effects Lighting/adverse effects Male Melopsittacus/immunology/*physiology *Oviposition *Photoperiod Time Factors avian model circadian disruption disease susceptibility light pollution stress responses;
Notes:"MedlineMalek, Itay Haim, Abraham eng Australia 2019/06/01 Integr Zool. 2019 Nov; 14(6):589-603. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12409"

 
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