Bone mineral density and breaking strength of white leghorns housed in conventional, modified, and commercially available colony battery cages

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 828-837

  Jendral, M J ^a   Korver, D R ^a   Church, J S ^b   Feddes, J J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Battery cage; Bone mineral density; Furnished cage; Laying hen; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

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EID: 44349103086     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00192     Document Type: Article

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