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Pekin ducks were reared with light-emitting diode (LED) lights supplemented with UV light or just LED lights (control). There were no differences in body weight (p = 0.32), feed conversion ratio (p = 0.38), or gait score (p = 0.89). Differences in eye morphology were observed, with ducks reared under UV light having narrower (12.3 \u00b1 0.06632 mm; p = 0.010) and lighter (1.46 \u00b1 0.01826 g; p = 0.025) eyes than the control (12.5 \u00b1 0.05583 mm; 1.53 \u00b1 0.02386 g). Ducks reared in UV environments had lower acute and chronic stress susceptibility with lower plasma corticosterone (6317 \u00b1 593.79 pg\/mL; p = 0.024), heterophil to lymphocyte ratios (0.43 \u00b1 0.02889; p = 0.035), and composite asymmetry (0.58 \u00b1 0.0298; p = 0.002) than control ducks (9242 \u00b1 1120.7 pg\/mL; 0.54 \u00b1 0.04212; 0.76 \u00b1 0.03726 mm, respectively). Ultraviolet ducks had a faster latency for the first head movement during tonic immobility (61.28 \u00b1 9.4863 s, p = 0.026) and required more attempts to induce tonic immobility (1.71 \u00b1 0.07333, p = 0.018) than control ducks (100.7 \u00b1 14.846 s and 1.48 \u00b1 0.06478, respectively). There were no differences in inversion testing (p = 0.91). These results indicate that UV lighting can lower stress and fear responses in Pekin ducks and can therefore increase welfare. 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