Wet litter and perches as risk factors for the development of foot pad dermatitis in floor-housed hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-197

  Wang, G ^a   Ekstrand, C ^b   Svedberg, J ^b  

^a JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DERMATITIS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032062826     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669889114     Document Type: Article

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