Effect of Litter Moisture and Brooding Temperature on Body Weights of Turkey Poults Experiencing Poult Enteritis and Mortality Syndrome

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-415

  Edens, F W ^a   Joyce, Kristi A ^a   Parkhurst, C R ^a   Havenstein, G B ^a   Qureshi, M A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brooding temperature; Litter moisture; Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; BUILDING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENTERITIS, TRANSMISSIBLE, OF TURKEYS; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TURKEYS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032014729     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.3.411     Document Type: Article

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