Broiler chicken health, welfare and fluctuating asymmetry in organic versus conventional production systems

Livestock Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 123-132

  Tuyttens, Frank ^a   Heyndrickx, Marc ^a   De Boeck, Maja ^b   Moreels, Anneleen ^b   Van Nuffel, Annelies ^a   Van Poucke, Els ^a   Van Coillie, Els ^a   Van Dongen, Stefan ^c   Lens, Luc ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Campylobacter; Fluctuating asymmetry; Food safety; Poultry; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; SALMONELLA;

EID: 37549064370     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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