Influence of pop hole dimensions on the number of laying hens outside on the range

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-134

  Harlander Matauschek, A ^a,b   Felsenstein, K ^c   Niebuhr, K ^a   Troxler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

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EID: 33646516863     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660600610591     Document Type: Article

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