Housing of rabbits - Results of an European research network

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 223-227

  Hoy, Stephen ^a   Ruis, M ^b   Szendro Zs ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Doe; Group housing; Growing rabbits; Single housing; Welfare indicators

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33750610139     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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