Lighting for summer egg production by Turkeys: Day length and light intensity

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2413-2419

  Siopes, T D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg production; Egg weight; Light intensity; Photoperiod; Photorefractoriness; Thyroid hormone; Turkey

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE;

THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHT; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; THYROID HORMONES; TURKEYS;

EID: 36048996067     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00245     Document Type: Article

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