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Influence of Different LED Light Colour Temperatures on the Preference Behaviour of Weaned Piglets

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  • Sven Götz

    (Institute of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Department of Animal Husbandry and Ecology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 11, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
    Bavarian State Office for Agriculture, Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry, Prof.-Dürrwaechter-Platz 5, 85586 Poing-Grub, Germany)

  • Camille M. C. Raoult

    (Institute of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Department of Animal Husbandry and Ecology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 11, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

  • Klaus Reiter

    (Bavarian State Office for Agriculture, Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry, Prof.-Dürrwaechter-Platz 5, 85586 Poing-Grub, Germany)

  • Monika Wensch-Dorendorf

    (Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Department of Biometrics and Agricultural Informatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Karl-Freiherr-von-Fritsch-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

  • Daniel Werner

    (Centre for Agriculture Haus Düsse, Ostinghausen, 59505 Bad Sassendorf, Germany
    Institute for Technical Energy Systems, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Interaktion 1, 33619 Bielefeld, Germany)

  • Eberhard von Borell

    (Institute of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Department of Animal Husbandry and Ecology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 11, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

Abstract

This study investigates the effect of different LED lighting colour temperatures on the preference behaviour of 4-week-old weaned piglets. A total of 32 piglets were housed in two replications in an experimental pen area with four identically equipped pen compartments connected two by two. Each pen unit offered a compartment set to a colour temperature of 3000 kelvin and another set to 6500 kelvin, at 80 lux during the day. Each piglet could freely choose between the two compartments by using a passageway. Over a period of five weeks, the behaviours “lying”, “eating” and “activity” were video recorded for 72 h during the 1st, 3rd and 5th week of the experiment. The location of the piglet in the pen and its behaviour were determined by using time sampling. In the first week, the piglets preferred the colour temperature of 3000 K to perform all behaviours. In the following weeks this preference decreased. Results also show that feed consumption and soiling of the pens were higher under 6500 K. Pigs can differentiate between the different colour temperatures and use them for different behaviours. This can be used to divide pens into functional areas in order to better suit the behavioural needs of pigs.

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  • Sven Götz & Camille M. C. Raoult & Klaus Reiter & Monika Wensch-Dorendorf & Daniel Werner & Eberhard von Borell, 2020. "Influence of Different LED Light Colour Temperatures on the Preference Behaviour of Weaned Piglets," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:10:y:2020:i:12:p:594-:d:454887
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    1. Yaqiong Zeng & Dingbiao Long & Bin Hu & Hao Wang & Shihua Pu & Yue Jian & Zuohua Liu & Shunlai Xu, 2023. "Study on Illumination Intensity and Duration of LED Light Sources for a Weaned Piglet House without Natural Light," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-11, November.

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