Lighting and mortality rates in domestic fowl

British Poultry Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-300

  Lewis, P D ^a   Morris, T R ^b   Perry, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030133918     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669608417860     Document Type: Article

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