Assessing feather cover of laying hens by infrared thermography

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 274-279

  Cook, N J ^a   Smykot, A B ^b   Holm, D E ^b   Fasenko, G ^b   Church, J S ^a  

^a LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feather score; Infrared thermography; Laying hen

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745653512     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/15.2.274     Document Type: Article

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