The effect of light‐dark cycles of abnormal lengths upon egg production |
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| Authors: | W H Foster |
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| Institution: | Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland , Hillsborough, Co. Down |
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| Abstract: | An experiment is described conducted on approximately 1000 pullets from six different strains over a period of almost one year. The three treatments used were cycles of 23, 24 and 25 hr composed of 15 light:8 dark, 15 light:9 dark and 15¼ light:9¾ dark. Egg production increased significantly (P <0.01) with increasing cycle length, the mean rates of lay, expressed as eggs per 100 birds per 24 hr, being 71.6, 72.9 and 73.8 for the 23‐, 24‐ and 25‐hr cycles respectively. The relative effects of the treatments were found to remain unaltered throughout the experiment. |
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