Crop extraction load and efficiency of crop removal during manual evisceration of broilers: 2. Influence of age, gender, and direction of extraction

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-12

  Buhr, R J ^a   Dickens, J A ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Broiler; Crop removal; Evisceration; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035981977     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/11.1.6     Document Type: Article

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