Various photoperiods and Biomittent™ lighting during rearing for broiler breeders subsequently transferred to open-sided housing at 20 weeks

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-29

  Lewis, P D ^a,b   Gous, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Northcot   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ILLUMINATION; OOCYTE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHTING; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 33645309910     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500468082     Document Type: Article

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