Reflective properties of domestic fowl (Gallus g. domesticus), the fabric of their housing and the characteristics of the light environment in environmentally controlled poultry houses

British Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-193

  Prescott, N B ^a   Wathes, C M ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEATHER; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHTING; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033125689     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669987584     Document Type: Article

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