The effect of photoperiod on performance of female turkeys from two to 16 weeks of age

1 September 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science

Vol. 19 (5) , 691-693
https://doi.org/10.1080/00071667808416528

Abstract

1. Female turkeys were subjected, from 2 to 16 weeks of age, to four lighting treatments, 23 h/d, 14 h/d, 8 h/d and a “step‐down” pattern in which light was reduced from 22 h/d by 1 h per week to 14 h/d. 2. Within each lighting treatment half the groups were offered food ad libitum and half received the same restricted amounts of food on all lighting treatments. 3. There were no significant differences in final body weight or food conversion efficiency (FCE) between photoperiod treatments. FCE was superior in restricted groups (P<0.05).

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The effect of photoperiod on performance of male Turkeys from 2 to 15 weeks of age
British Poultry Science, 1978
Effect of lighting period on the performance of male Turkeys from 6 to 18 weeks of age
British Poultry Science, 1973