Light, vision and the welfare of poultry

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-288

  Prescott, Neville B ^a   Wathes, C M ^a   Jarvis, J R ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Domestic poultry; Environment; Light; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CANNIBALISM; DARKNESS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POULTRY FARMING; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0038414926     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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