Prevalence and control of foot-pad dermatitis in broilers in Sweden

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 318-324

  Ekstrand, C ^a   Carpenter, T E ^b   Andersson, I ^c   Algers, B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Swedish Poultry Meat Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOT DERMATOSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POULTRY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032110278     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669888845     Document Type: Article

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