Paper products as litter materials for broilers: Performance, carcass defects, footpad lesions

Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Santiago, Héctor L ^a   Aponte, Kenneth H ^b   Rodríguez, Abner A ^a   Orama, José A ^c   Argüelles, Mireille ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b USDA Higher Education Programs

^c Department of Animal Industry ^*

Author keywords

Breast blisters; Broilers; Footpad burns; Liner; Paper; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 34249294845     PISSN: 0041994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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