Oviposition patterns and plasma melatonin rhythms in response to manipulations of the light:dark cycle

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 653-661

  Noddegaard F ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; DARKNESS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LIGHT; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DARKNESS; FEMALE; LIGHT; MELATONIN; OVIPOSITION; PERIODICITY;

EID: 0032253588     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669888539     Document Type: Article

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