Use of the range area in organic egg production systems: Effect of climatic factors, flock size, age and artificial cover

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Hegelund, L ^a   Sorensen J T ^a   Kjaer J B ^a   Kristensen, I S ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEATHER;

AGING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OVIPOSITION; WEATHER;

EID: 15944396169     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660400023813     Document Type: Article

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