Effects of light intensity from photostimulation in four strains of commercial egg layers: 2. Egg production parameters

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1121-1131

  Renema, R A ^a   Robinson, F E ^a   Feddes, J J R ^a   Fasenko, G M ^a   Zuidhof, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg layer strain; Egg production; Egg weight; Light intensity; Sequence length

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STANDARD; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHT; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035430681     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.8.1121     Document Type: Article

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