Welfare of ducks in European duck husbandry systems

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Rodenburg, T B ^a,m   Bracke, M B M ^a   Berk, J ^b   Cooper, J ^c   Faure, J M ^d   Guemene D ^d   Guy, G ^e   Harlander, A ^f   Jones, T ^g   Knierim, U ^h   Kuhnt, K ⁱ   Pingel, H ^j   Reiter, K ^k   Serviere J ^l   Ruis, M A W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^d STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

ⁱ School of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

^j MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^k Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture (Grub)   (Germany)

^l AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^m Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Design criteria; Duck behaviour; Duck health; Duck welfare; Genotypes; Housing systems; Performance criteria

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33747169827     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/wps200575     Document Type: Review

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