Assessment of the effects of electromagnetic field modification on egg-laying hens in commercial flocks as indicated by production measures

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1425-1429

  Keirs, Robert W ^a   Peebles, Edgar D ^b   Sarjeant, Walter J ^c   Gerard, Patrick D ^b   Terner, Jonathan A ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University of New York   (United States)

^d The Nufield Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEN; HERD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 26944464627     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1425     Document Type: Article

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