A note on the effects of perches and litter substrate on leg weakness in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1259-1263

  Su, G ^a   Sorensen P ^a   Kestin, S C ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; Leg disorder; Litter substrate; Perches; Tibial dyschondroplasia

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; GAIT; LIMB; TIBIA; WOOD;

ANIMALS; CANNABIS; CHICKENS; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; POULTRY DISEASES; TIBIA; WOOD;

EID: 0034277525     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.9.1259     Document Type: Article

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