Health of Laying Hens in an Aviary System over Five Batches of Birds

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-379

  Abrahamsson, P ^a   Fossum, O ^b   Tauson, R ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Veterinary Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bumble foot; cannibalism; coccidiosis; feather pecking; housing system; keel bone; mites; salpingitis; serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANNIBALISM; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; EGG; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALPINGITIS; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EGGS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MITE INFESTATIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; SALPINGITIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031604593     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547785     Document Type: Article

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