Prevalence and factors associated with it, of birds dead on arrival at the slaughterhouse and other rejection conditions in broiler chickens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-696

  Haslam, S M ^a   Knowles, T G ^a   Brown, S N ^a   Wilkins, L J ^a   Kestin, S C ^a   Warriss, P D ^a   Nicol, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GREAT BRITAIN; LINEAR MODELS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 57849111928     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660802433719     Document Type: Article

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