A note on light preference in layer pullets reared in incandescent or natural light

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 395-399

  Gunnarsson, Stefan ^a   Heikkilä, Matti ^b   Hultgren, Jan ^a   Valros, Anna ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Light; Poultry; Preference; Pullet; Rearing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LIGHT EFFECT; POULTRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REARING;

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EID: 45049088427     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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