Keeping laying hens in furnished cages and an aviary housing system enhances their bone stability

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 536-544

  Leyendecker, M ^a   Hamann, H ^a   Hartung, J ^a   Kamphues, J ^a   Neumann, U ^a   Surie C ^a   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BONE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; OOCYTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 28444444908     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500273094     Document Type: Article

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