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• J. L. McNaughton1, M. Roberts1, M. Barnas1 & S. Holland2.

1 AHPharma, Inc., Salisbury, MD. 2 i-lighting LLC, North East, MD.

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To demonstrate the…

• Influence of a bird-height LED on

broiler performance & behavior—as compared to ceiling mounted 55W CFL/8W LEDs

• Effect of light intensity on broiler

chicken behavior & subsequent live performance

• Bird’s attraction to LED light >10fc
• As compared to the 4fc “norm”

What is AviLighting™?

Joint Product Development Venture Prototyping Design Research Plastic Injection Molding LED Manufacturing Assembly

AviLighting LED Feeder Light AviLighting LED Control-Pan Light

New Technology: LED feeder light placed over existing feeder, then secured to auger pipe.

Light Comparison

Source: i-lighting LLC Electronic Product Evaluation Study #138 – 8/30/14 – Scott Holland Chief Science Officer & Engineer

1“Directly Below” measured at ground level 90° below fixture (8.5’ for ceiling mounted lights, approx. 1’ for AviLighting Feeder Light)

To see the complete study, please visit www.ahpharma.com/light-study

Foot Candle measurements taken at ground level in a poultry facility with 8.5’ ceilings

Light Fixture Light Type Watts (W) Foot Candles (fc) Directly Below1 Foot Candles 4’ horizontal Foot Candles 10’ horizontal AviLighting Feeder Light LED 4.8 12.8 5.25 0.86 Satco LED LED 8 1.98 1.32 0.42 Overdrive Spiral CFL 55 4.32 3.47 1.69 Greenlite Mini-Spiral CFL 23 2.14 1.92 0.87 Sylvania Incandescent 60 0.78 0.56 0.14

Bir ird Attr trac actio ion to

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• Chickens & turkeys require targeted light to find

feed & water

• Attraction to light located near feed & water is

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• Chickens
• Turkeys
• Caged Pullets & Hens

Early attraction promotes consistent retention

Turkey attraction is especially evident

Tria rials

• Two Commercial Grow-out cycles
• October & December 2014
• Paired House
• Control – Ceiling mounted 8W LED 16’ OC, 55W CFL

brooding 16’ OC (between LEDs)

• 55W CFL (Hatch-7d) 8W LED (Hatch-38d)
• AviLighting – 3.6W LED fixtures, 5’ apart
• Hatch-38d
• Three Research Farm Grow-out cycles
• Individual pins & partial house

8W LED 55W CFL

Standard House AviLighting House

3.6W AviLighting Feeder Light

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Bird Distribution Data:

• Remote video recording & spatial analysis software
• 1. Still images taken from video
• 2. Input into ENVI software
• 3. Software processes image
• 4. Statistics are output

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Body Weights:

• 75 bird sample / house
• 3 zones, 25 birds each
• Final body weights
• Taken at market to describe entire population

Litter Moisture:

• 15 samples / house
• 3 zones, 5 samples each

Data averaged over all trials

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7-day data Lighting System 7-day Mean Body Weight (lbs.) Mortality (%) 7-day Body weight Uniformity (% CV) Standard Ceiling Lights 0.385 1.5% 13.8% AviLighting Feeder Lights 0.409 1.7% 9.6% 33-day data Lighting System 33-day Mean Body Weight (lbs.) Mortality (%) 33-day Body weight Uniformity (% CV) Standard Ceiling Lights 3.629 4.6% 14.3% AviLighting Feeder Lights 3.961 4.8% 10.8% 38-day data Lighting System 38-day Mean Body Weight (lbs.) Mortality (%) 38-day Body weight Uniformity (% CV) 0-38 day feed:gain Standard Ceiling Lights 4.352 4.8% 13.2% 1.745 AviLighting Feeder Lights 4.486 5.2% 11.1% 1.748

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Standard House AviLighting House

Aver erag age Bird Distrib ibutio ion

Birds at Feed 56% Birds at Water 12% Birds at Litter 32%

Average Bird Distribution Standard Lighting

Birds at Feed Birds at Water Birds at Litter

Birds at Feed 63% Birds at Water 28% Birds at Litter 9%

Average Bird Distribution AviLighting

Birds at Feed Birds at Water Birds at Litter

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 14 Day 21 Day 28 Day 35 Market (Day 38)

Birds at Feed

Standard at Feed AviLighting at Feed

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 14 Day 21 Day 28 Day 35 Market (Day 38)

Birds at Water

Standard at Water AviLighting at Water

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 14 Day 21 Day 28 Day 35 Market (Day 38)

Birds at Litter

Standard at Litter AviLighting at Litter

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

7-day 14-day 21-day 28-day 33-day

Weekly Litter Moisture (% Moisture)

Standard House AviLighting House RESULTS: NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES (P < 0.05)

Sum ummary ry

Bringing intense light to bird-height results in…

• 3.5% increase in feed consumption (through all age groups)
• Feed conversion remains the same
• 3% increase in market body weight
• Body weight uniformity improves by 3.3% CV
• 10 fold decrease in number of “litter eaters”
• 75.5% more energy efficient than standard lighting
• 1925 Watts per house Standard vs. 478.8 Watts per house AviLighting

Birds are attracted to intense light at head height

A picture is worth 1,000 words

Remote monitoring provides video evidence free of “human influence or disturbance”