Illuminance and UV-A exposure during rearing affects egg production in broiler breeders transferred to open-sided adult housing

British Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 424-429

  Lewis, P D ^a,b   Ghebremariam, W ^a   Gous, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Northcot   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MORTALITY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MORTALITY; OVUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AVES;

EID: 34547962613     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660701543105     Document Type: Article

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