Diseases in chicks and laying hens during the first 12 years after battery cages were banned in Switzerland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 203-207

  Kaufmann Bat, M ^a   Hoop, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 61849109163     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.7.203     Document Type: Article

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