Circulating thyroid hormone levels in recycled turkey breeder hens during a short day prelighting period and renewal of photosensitivity for egg production

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1342-1346

  Siopes, T D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoperiod; Photorefractoriness; Thyroid hormone; Triiodothyronine; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHT; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TURKEYS;

EID: 0036728874     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.9.1342     Document Type: Article

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