Stress parameters and immune response of layers under different cage floor and density conditions

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-263

  Onbasilar E E ^a   Aksoy, F T ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cage density; Cage floor; Laying hens; Performance; Stress parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744515303     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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