Validation of broiler chicken gait scoring training in Thailand, Brazil and New Zealand

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-179

  Butterworth, Andy ^a   Knowles, T G ^a   Whittington, P ^a   Matthews, L ^b   Rogers, A ^b   Bagshaw, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Broiler chicken; Gait scoring; International; Validation; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIRD DISEASE; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GAIT; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; THAILAND; VALIDATION PROCESS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34249059035     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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