The influence of long term sound stress on histological structure of immune organs in broiler chickens

The aim of this paper was to examine the effect of different duration sound stress on immune organs of broiler chickens of different age. Nine groups, with 10 chickens in each group were included in experiment. The histological structure of bursa of Fabricius, thymus, and spleen were analyzed. The results indicated that the bursa of Fabricius, in relation to the other examined organs, was the most sensitive to this kind of stress. Histological changes of spleen and thymus were also observed, but less prominent except in chickens after more than 30 days of exposure to stress. According to our results, degree of histological changes of immune organs under the influence of sound stress depends on the length of exposure and age of chickens. Cilj rada je da se ispita uticaj zvučnog stresora na imunološke organe brojlera koji su bili izlagani u različitim uzrastima i različitom trajanju stresora. Formirano je devet grupa, a svaka grupa je imala po 10 pilića. Ispitivana je histološka građa Fabricijeve burze, grudne žlezde i slezine. Rezultati ukazuju da je Fabricijeva burza, u odnosu na ostale ispitivane organe, najosetljivija na delovanje ove vrste stresora. Promene se uočavaju i kod grudne žlezde i slezine, ali su manje i javljaju se nakon izlaganja stresoru više od 30 dana. Stepen promena u histološkoj građi imunoloških organa pod uticajem zvučnog stresora zavisi od dužine izlaganja kao i uzrasta pilića.