Farm management risk factors associated with cellulitis in broiler chickens in southern Ontario

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 699-706

  Elfadil, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

abattoir condemnations; broiler chickens; cellulitis; farm management; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030199064     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592283     Document Type: Article

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