Various photoperiods and Biomittent™ lighting during rearing for broiler breeders subsequently transferred to open-sided housing at 20 weeks

References

• Analytical Software . 2003 . Statistix Version 8 Tallahassee , FL
   Google Scholar
• Buyse , J , Simons , PCM , Boshouwers , FMG and Decuypere , E . 1996 . Effect of intermittent lighting, light intensity and source on the performance and welfare of broilers . World's Poultry Science Journal , 52 : 121 – 130 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cobb . 2003 . Cobb 500 Breeder Management Guide , Siloam Springs , , AR : Cobb-Vantress Inc. .
   Google Scholar
• Coenen , AML , Wolters , EMTJ , Van Luijtelaar , ELJM and Blokhuis , H . 1988 . Effects of intermittent lighting on sleep and activity in the domestic hen . Applied Animal Behaviour Science , 20 : 309 – 318 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• FAWC . 1998 . Farm Animal Welfare Council: Report on the Welfare for Broiler Breeders , 1 – 38 . Surbiton : MAFF .
   Google Scholar
• Gous , RM and Cherry , P . 2004 . Effects of body weight at, and lighting regimen and growth curve to, 20 weeks on laying performance in broiler breeders . British Poultry Science , 45 : 445 – 452 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hocking , PM , Maxwell , MH and Mitchell , MA . 1993 . Welfare assessments of broiler breeder and layer females subjected to food restriction and limited access to water during rearing . British Poultry Science , 34 : 443 – 458 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hocking , PM , Maxwell , MH and Mitchell , MA . 1996 . Relationships between the degree of food restriction and welfare indices in broiler breeder females . British Poultry Science , 37 : 263 – 278 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hocking , PM , Maxwell , MH , Robertson , GW and Mitchell , MA . 2001 . Welfare assessment of modified rearing programmes for broiler breeders . British Poultry Science , 42 : 424 – 432 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewis , PD . 1987 . Responses of laying hens to interrupted lighting regimes, Ph.D. Thesis , UK : University of Bristol .
   Google Scholar
• Lewis , PD , Morris , TR and Perry , GC . 2002 . A model for predicting the age at sexual maturity for growing pullets of layer strains given a single change in photoperiod . Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge , 138 : 441 – 458 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewis , PD , Ciacciariello , M and Gous , RM . 2003 . Photorefractoriness in broiler breeders: sexual maturity and egg production evidence . British Poultry Science , 44 : 634 – 642 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewis , PD , Backhouse , D and Gous , RM . 2004 . Constant photoperiods and sexual maturity in broiler breeder pullets . British Poultry Science , 45 : 557 – 560 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewis , PD , Ciaccieariello , M , Nonis , M and Gous , RM . 2005 . Simulated natural lighting and constant 14-hour photoperiods for broiler breeders during the rearing period, and interactions of lighting with body weight . South African Journal of Animal Science , 35 : 1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mench , JA . 2002 . Broiler breeders: feed restriction and welfare . World's Poultry Science Journal , 58 : 23 – 29 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Payne , CG . 1975 . Day-length during rearing and the subsequent egg production of meat-strain pullets . British Poultry Science , 16 : 559 – 563 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Renden , JA , Oates , SS and West , MS . 1991 . Performance of two male broiler breeder strains raised and maintained on various constant photoschedules . Poultry Science , 70 : 1602 – 1609 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sharp , PJ . 1993 . Photoperiodic control of reproduction in the domestic fowl . Poultry Science , 72 : 897 – 905 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snetsinger , DC , Engster , HM and Miller , ER . 1979a . Intermittent lighting for growing pullets . Poultry Science , 58 : 1109
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snetsinger , DC , Ragland , WW , Miller , ER and Engster , HM . 1979b . Biomittent™ lighting, a field program for intermittent lighting of pullets and hens . Poultry Science , 58 : 1109
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar