Biologically Effective Lighting Solutions

Light is essential to life – it enables visual perception and regulates the biorhythm of humans, animals, and plants. Traditional artificial lighting has been designed mainly with human visual sensitivity in mind. However, each animal species has a unique spectral sensitivity, which requires the use of specialised lighting solutions. The lighting recipes developed by Zalux improve animal welfare, increase farm productivity, and help reduce energy consumption.

Zalux Fixtures

Zalux is a leader among manufacturers of specialised lighting fixtures with high protection ratings. Forty years of experience combined with innovative spectral recipes have made it possible to create dedicated lighting solutions for more than 30 different animal species. The high quality of the fixtures is ensured by manufacturing within the European Union, at the company’s factory in Spain.

Lighting for Poultry

Poultry have a broader visual spectrum than humans, including ultraviolet light, which allows them to perceive colours and wavelengths invisible to us. They also detect much higher visual frequencies. These important biological differences must be considered in lighting solutions tailored to the animals’ needs.

Our offer includes lighting recipes designed for broilers, laying hens, and turkeys. Proper lighting in the poultry house helps reduce stress levels, lower mortality and cannibalism rates, ensure uniform growth, improve egg quality, enhance feed conversion ratio (FCR), and increase laying performance. The UV light components enable better recognition of individuals within the same species, while the catchlight function (blue light) supports the bird-catching process.

Lighting for Cattle

Properly designed lighting for cows helps create a more natural and calming environment, reducing stress-related behaviours. It improves the animals’ perception of their surroundings, making them feel more comfortable and safe.

The innovative light recipe LactoLux® Spectrum stimulates increased milk production, boosting productivity. A professional lighting design based on cattle’s visual spectrum reduces production costs by improving feed intake efficiency and lowering energy consumption.

Lighting for Pigs

Thanks to advanced dimming functions, it is possible to simulate sunrises and sunsets, positively influencing the animals’ circadian rhythm. The specially designed spectrum for pigs improves the biological efficiency of the farm, positively affecting metabolism, fertility, growth, and stress levels in pigs. Properly designed lighting for pig houses prevents the formation of underlit areas, even in passageways.