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Article on UVB lighting and birds

Post by nelloyello11 » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:39 am

Here's an article written by an avian vet here in Western New York, that explains some benefits and dangers of UVB light. It's written more specifically about larger birds, but I think much of then information is useful with finches as well.
http://files.meetup.com/1460986/UVLighting.pdf
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Re: Article on UVB lighting and birds

Post by debbie276 » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:45 am

Very nice article, thanks for sharing.
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GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56
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Re: Article on UVB lighting and birds

Post by Martie » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:57 am

Thanks for sharing this, Nelissa - very interesting.
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