Effects of intermittent lighting on breeder chicks provided with "in-transit" nutrients

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1767-1770

  Han, T ^a   Xin, H ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeder chicks; Energetics; Mortality; Photoperiod; Transportation; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034470294     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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