Production and economic results of commercial flocks with white layers in aviary systems and battery cages

British Poultry Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-261

  Van Horne, P L M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; EGG LAYING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; NETHERLANDS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; NETHERLANDS; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0030133891     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669608417857     Document Type: Article

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