Effects of reduction in floor space during crating on haematological indices in broilers

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 17-21

  Bedáňová, Iveta ^a   Voslářová, Eva ^a   Večerek, Vladimír ^a   Pištêková, Vladimíra ^a   Chloupek, Petr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Broiler; Crate; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin; HLR; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUILDING; CHICKEN; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; IMMOBILIZATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; STANDARD; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMOBILIZATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; STRESS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 30844459466     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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