Effects of beak trimming and cage design on laying hen performance and egg quality

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

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

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEAK; CANNIBALISM; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEAK; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANNIBALISM; CHICKENS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OVIPOSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645323797     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500468124     Document Type: Article

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