Feeding and drinking patterns and growth performance of individual broilers at selected cyclic air and constant drinking water temperatures

2000 ASAE Annual International Meeting, Technical Papers: Engineering Solutions for a New Century

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 4271-4288

  Puma, M C ^a   Xin, H ^a   Gates, R S ^b   Burnham, D J ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Heartland Lysine Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Cycling air temperature; Drinking pattern; Feeding pattern; Growth performance

Indexed keywords

BROILERS; CYCLING AIR TEMPERATURE; DRINKING PATTERNS; FEEDING PATTERNS; GROWTH PERFORMANCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COOLING SYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; POLYNOMIALS; POTABLE WATER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2342575698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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