Effects of multiple environmental and nutritional factors in laying hens
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science
- Vol. 29 (3) , 499-511
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071668808417076
Abstract
1. A large experiment on multiple factors and levels of those factors was carried out to test the hypothesis that in production experiments responses can be measured separately and then applied as if interactions are rare. 2. Significant interactions of any order were indeed found to be rare, except for the interaction between temperature and dietary protein content. 3. Responses to temperature, light intensity, protein content and feeding system were reasonably consistent with earlier reports. 4. The rarity of interactions validates the use of a previously‐published additive model.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- A model of egg productionBritish Poultry Science, 1984
- The effects of temperature on broilers: A simulation model of the responses to temperatureBritish Poultry Science, 1981
- A model for the description and prediction of the response of laying hens to amino acid intakeBritish Poultry Science, 1973