References
- Andrews DK, Zimmermann NG. 1990. A comparison of energy efficient broiler house lighting sources and photoperiods. Poult Sci. 69:1471–1479.
- Anonymous. 2002. The composition of foods. 6th ed. London: Royal Society of Chemistry/Food Standards Agency.
- Anonymous. 2013a. Livestock and Poultry. Ithaca (NY): World Markets and Trade. [cited 2013 Nov 2]. Available from: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu
- Anonymous. 2013b. Summary Report of Poultry Sector for 2013, Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders Association Ankara, Turkey. [cited 2013 Nov 7]. Available from: http://www.besd-bir.org/eng/sektor_bilgileri.php
- Anonymous. 2014. CP. Istanbul: Layer chicken feed characteristics. [cited 2014 Jan 4]. Available from: http://www.cpturkiye.com/tr/urunler/yem/kanatli-hayvan-yemleri/yumurta-tavugu-yemleri/
- Asgharipoura MR, Mondani F, Riahinia S. 2012. Energy use efficiency and economic analysis of sugar beet production system in Iran: a case study in Khorasan Razavi province. Energy. 44:1078–1084.
- Ashagidigbi WM, Sulaiman SA, Adesiyan A. 2011. Technical and allocative efficiency of poultry egg producers in Nigeria. Agric J. 6:124–130. 10.3923/aj.2011.124.130
- Atilgan A, Koknaroglu H. 2006. Cultural energy analysis on broilers reared in different capacity poultry houses. Ital J Anim Sci. 5:393–400.
- Banaeian N, Zangeneh M. 2011. Study on energy efficiency in corn production of Iran. Energy. 36:5394–5402.
- Bekhet HA, Abdullah A. 2010. Energy use in agriculture sector: input-output analysis. Int Bus Res. 3:111–121.
- Bock BR. 1999. Poultry litter to energy: technical and economic feasibility. Alabama: TVA Public Power Instute.
- Celik LO. 2003. Effects of dietary supplemental L-carnitine and ascorbic acid on performance, carcass composition and plasma L-carnitine concentration of broiler chicks reared under different temperature. Arch Anim Nutr. 57:27–38.
- Chauhan NS, Mohapatra PKJ, Pandey KP. 2006. Improving energy productivity in paddy production through benchmarking-an application of data envelopment analysis. Energy Convers Manage. 47:1063–1085.
- Esengun K, Gündüz O, Erdal G. 2007. Input-output energy analysis in dry apricot production of Turkey. Energy Convers Manage. 48:592–598.
- FAO. 2013. [cited 2013 Nov 12]. Available from: http://www.fao.org
- Fluck RC. 1992. Energy of human labor. In: Fluck RC, editor. Energy in farm production. Energy in world agriculture, (vol 6). Amsterdam: Elsevier; p. 31–37.
- Grobas S, Mendez J, De Blas C, Mateos GG. 1999. Laying hen productivity as affected by energy, supplemental fat, and linoleic acid concentration of the diet. Poult Sci. 78:1542–1551.
- Hatirli SA, Ozkan B, Fert C. 2005. An econometric analysis of energy input–output in Turkish agriculture. Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev. 9:608–623.
- Heidari MD, Omid M, Akram A. 2011a. Energy efficiency and econometric analysis of broiler production farms. Energy. 36:6536–6541. 10.1016/j.energy.2011.09.011
- Heidari MD, Omid M, Akram A. 2011b. Optimization of energy consumption of broiler production farms using data envelopment analysis approach. Mod Appl Sci. 5:69–78.
- Jekayinfa SO. 2007. Energetic analysis of poultry processing operations. Leo J Sci. 10:77–92.
- Jekayinfa SO, Bamgboye AI. 2008. Energy use analysis of selected palm-kernel oil mills in south western Nigeria. Energy. 33:81–90.
- Karkacier O, Goktolga GZ. 2005. Input–output analysis of energy use in agriculture. Energy Convers Manage. 46:1513–1521.
- Kempen M, Kraenzlein T. 2008. Energy use in agriculture: a modeling approach to evaluate energy reduction policies. Sevilla: Modelling of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies.
- Kitani O. 1999. Energy and biomass engineering. CIGR handbook of agricultural engineering, (vol. V). St. Joseph, MI: ASAE; p. 330.
- Kizilaslan H. 2009. Input–output energy analysis of cherries production in Tokat Province of Turkey. Appl Energy. 86:1354–1358.
- Meul M, Nevens F, Reheul D, Hofman G. 2007. Energy use efficiency of specialised dairy, arable and pig farms in Flanders. Agric Econ Environ. 119:135–144.
- Ojo SO. 2003. Productivity and technical efficiency of poultry egg production in Nigeria. Int J Poult Sci. 2:459–464. 10.3923/ijps.2003.459.464
- Ozkan B, Kurklu A, Akcaoz H. 2004. An input–output energy analysis in greenhouse vegetable production: a case study for Antalya region of Turkey. Biomass Bioenergy. 26:89–95. 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00080-1
- Pimentel D, Pimentel M, Machan MK. 1999. Energy use in agriculture: an overview. CIGR J. 1:1–32.
- Ramirez CA, Patel M, Blok K. 2006. How much energy to process one pound of meat? A comparison of energy use and specific energy consumption in the meat industry of four European countries. Energy. 31:2047–2063.
- Sefeedpari P, Rafiee S, Akram A. 2012. Selecting energy efficient poultry egg producers: a fuzzy data envelopment analysis approach. Int J Appl Oper Res. 2:77–88.
- Sibbald IR. 1982. Measurement of bioavailable energy in poultry feeding stuffs: a review. Can J Anim Sci. 62:983–1048.
- Swanton CJ, Murphy SD, Hume DJ, Clements DR. 1996. Recent improvements in the energy efficiency of agriculture: case studies from Ontario, Canada. Agric Sys. 52:399–418.
- Tabatabaie SMH, Rafiee S, Keyhani A, Ebrahimi A. 2013. Energy and economic assessment of prune production in Tehran province of Iran. J Clean Prod. 39:280–284.
- TUIK. 2013. Animal production statistics. Ankara: Turkish Statistical Instute. [cited 2013 Nov 1]. Available from: http://www.tuik.gov.tr
- Uhlin HE. 1999. Energy productivity of technological agriculture-lessons from the transition of Swedish agriculture. Agric Ecosyst Environ. 73:63–81. 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00002-X
- Unakitan G, Hurma H, Yilmaz F. 2010. An analysis of energy use efficiency of canola production in Turkey. Energy. 35:3623–3627.
- Uzal S. 2012. Comparison of the energy efficiency of dairy production farms using different housing systems. Environ Prog Sust Energy. 32:1202–1208.
- Yusuf SA, Malomo O. 2007. Technical efficiency of poultry egg production in Ogun state: a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. Int J Poult Sci. 6:622–629. 10.3923/ijps.2007.622.629
- Zangeneh M, Omid M, Akram A. 2010. A comparative study on energy use and cost analysis of potato production under different farming technologies in Hamadan province of Iran. Energy. 35:2927–2933. 10.1016/j.energy.2010.03.024