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Chapters Include:
  1. LIGHT
  2. PHYSIOLOGY AND MECHANISMS
  3. PHOTOPERIOD: Conventional programmes
  4. PHOTOPERIOD: Unconventional programmes
  5. ILLUMINANCE (Light Intensity)
  6. WAVELENGTH (Colour)
  7. PATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LIGHTING
  8. LIGHT SOURCE
  9. LIGHTING FOR GROWING PULLETS AND LAYING HENS
  10. LIGHTING FOR BROILER BREEDERS
  11. LIGHTING FOR BROILERS
  12. LIGHTING FOR BREEDING TURKEYS
  13. LIGHTING FOR GROWING TURKEYS
  14. LIGHTING FOR WATERFOWL


This is the first book to be dedicated to the lighting of poultry, and, as the title suggests, is written in two sections. The first is fully referenced and covers the science that underpins the lighting of poultry, with chapters describing the physics of light, the physiology and mechanisms by which poultry react to light, and the responses of all classes of poultry to conventional and unconventional photoperiods, light intensity, light colour, light source, and the pathological and behavioural consequences of extremes of illumination. The second section describes the practical approach to lighting for growing pullets, laying hens, broiler breeders, broilers, breeding and growing turkeys, ducks, and geese, and is written in a user-friendly style.

Between them, the authors have spent more than 70 years conducting research into lighting for poultry, and have in excess of 200 publications on the topic. They have presented papers at conferences, congresses, and symposia across the world.

'POULTRY LIGHTING the theory and practice' is published by Northcot and contains 170 pages of information that will be indispensable for researchers, technical advisers, and anyone involved in the management and practical running of a poultry operation, be it growing pullets, laying hens, broiler breeders, broilers, turkeys or waterfowl.
 

Dr. Peter Lewis &
Prof. Trevor Morris

Published 2006
Paperback, 170 pages
ISBN 0-9552104-0-2


$75.00   USD Int'l
£40.00   UK

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