Effects of dietary roxarsone supplementation, lighting program, and season on the incidence of leg abnormalities in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-203

  Laster, C P ^a   Hoerr, F J ^a   Bilgili, S F ^a   Kincaid, S A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Leg abnormalities; Light; Roxarsone; Season

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXARSONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LIGHT; MALE; ROXARSONE; SEASONS;

EID: 0033071830     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.2.197     Document Type: Article

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