Welfare assessment of broilers through examination of haematomas, foot-pad dermatitis, scratches and breast blisters at processing

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Gouveia, Kelly Garces ^a   Vaz Pires, P ^a,b   Martins da Costa, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Breast blisters; Bruises; Foot pad dermatitis; Poultry; Scratches

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLISTER; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; HEMATOMA; HERD; MALE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BRUISING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRAVEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 59849102128     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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