Study of leg weakness in two commercial broiler flocks

Veterinary Record

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 131-135

  McNamee, P T ^a   McCullagh, J J ^a   Thorp, B H ^b   Ball, H J ^a   Graham, D ^a   McCullough, S J ^a   McConaghy, D ^c   Smyth, J A ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; BONE INFECTION; CHICKEN; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; CHICKENS; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032138176     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.143.5.131     Document Type: Article

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