Comparison of eggshell hygiene in two housing systems: Standard and furnished cages

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-35

  Mallet, S ^a   Guesdon, V ^a   Ahmed, A M H ^a   Nys, Y ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EGG; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

AGING; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSING, ANIMAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 33645300119     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500468132     Document Type: Article

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