Effects on Production, Health and Egg Quality of Varying Proportions of Wheat and Barley in Diets for Two Hybrids of Laying Hens Kept in Different Housing Systems

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-182

  Abrahamsson, Per ^a   Tauson, Ragnar ^a   Elwinger, Klas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aviary; Cage; Cannibalism; Feather pecking; Foot condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347108833     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709609415868     Document Type: Article

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