Importance of Melatonin on Poultry
Abstract
Intensive production practices, faulty maintenance and feeding, unsuitable keeping conditions, antinutritional factors in feeds and similar abnormalities lead to irregularities in both hormone and enzyme systems in poultry. Especially, due to disorders in endocrine system, a specific hormone, melatonin, can not be produced or underproduced, and thus its metabolic and physiological functions are negatively affected in the organisms.
Melatonin (ML) is one of the important hormones that prevent metabolic and physiological disorders in poultry but does not attract attention by poultry scientist. ML regulates the brain's biological clock, acts on respiration, circulation, excretion, reproduction and immunity system. ML helps regulate feed consumption, energy metabolism and body heat. It also provides elimination of free radicals in the body. ML stimulates growth hormone secretion and, thus, effects growth performance of poultry positively.
It is considered necesary to focus more effectively on the melatonin
hormone, which is a positive contribution to animal welfare by correcting
metabolic-physiological disorders in poultry. In this review, the definition of
melatonin, its interaction with other hormones, its effect on the physiological
and metabolic functions of poultry were examined.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Derleme
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Kasım 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
11 Haziran 2018
Kabul Tarihi
16 Temmuz 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Cilt: 21 Sayı: 6
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