Effects of light intensity from photostimulation in four strains of commercial egg layers: 1. Ovarian morphology and carcass parameters

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1112-1120

  Renema, R A ^a   Robinson, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Light intensity; Ovarian morphology; Sexual maturation; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; OVARY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHT; OVARY; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035430680     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.8.1112     Document Type: Article

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