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Sep 2026
Patterns of egg production across the lunar cycle in broiler breeder hens under tropical conditions.
1. This study evaluated whether lunar periodicity was associated with variation in productive traits and mortality in commercial broiler breeder hens. Production records from Cobb 500 heavy breeder hens (n = 17,548), collected between 2016 and 2021 on a commercial farm, were analysed.2. The synodic lunar cycle was divi...
F. Perea, K. Y. Fárez, J. G. Quezada et al.
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