DESEMPENHO DE FRANGOS DE CORTE, SUBMETIDOS A DIFERENTES PROGRAMAS DE LUZ E CORES DE COMEDOUROS NA FASE FINAL

Abstract: The Brazilian poultry production has worldwide prominence, making Brazil one of the largest producers and exporters of poultry in the world. Consequently, in order to reach this large quantity, it was used controlled equipment, where the lighting system. In this context, the objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of two light programs and four colors of feeders on the performance of broilers in period of 35 to 42 days old age. The results showed in the colors of the feeders and interaction between colors and programs of light was not foud significant difference (P> 0,05).The performance of broiler between color of feeders show significant difference in feed intake feed. Where white feeder had the lower consumption and the blue feeder had the higher consumption. It concluded that the intermittente light program and continuous program by Cobb lineage manual do not differ at 35 to 42 days.