Performance of four hybrids of laying hens in modified and conventional cages

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 286-296

  Abrahamsson, Per ^a   Tauson, Ragnar ^a   Appleby, Michael C ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg production; Egg quality; Housing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005379528     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709509413088     Document Type: Article

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