The effect of changing the excreta moisture of caged laying hens on the excreta and microbial contamination of their egg shells

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 168-173

  Smith, A ^a   Rose, S P ^a   Wells, R G ^a   Pirgozliev, V ^a  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID; WATER;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; EATING; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EUROPEAN UNION; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM INTAKE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EATING; EGG SHELL; EGGS; EUROPEAN UNION; FECES; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; OVIPOSITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM, DIETARY; URIC ACID; WATER;

EID: 0034184783     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713654903     Document Type: Article

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