Housing and selenium influences on feathering in broilers

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 128-134

  Edens, F W ^a   Parkhurst, C R ^a   Havenstein, G B ^a   Sefton, A E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Cage house; Conventional house; Feathering; Organic selenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035596497     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/10.2.128     Document Type: Article

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