The Effects of Color of Lighting on the Behavior and Production of Meat Chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 452-457

  Prayitno, D S ^a,b   Phillips, C J C ^a,c   Omed, H ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body composition; Color; Lighting; Preference

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COLOR; COLOR VISION; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ILLUMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; EATING; FEMALE; LIGHTING; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031093736     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.3.452     Document Type: Article

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