Use of water-based foam to depopulate ducks and other species

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 904-910

  Benson, E R ^a   Alphin, R L ^a   Dawson, M D ^a   Malone, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chukar; Duck; Euthanasia; Foam; Japanese quail

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS; ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; COTURNIX JAPONICA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PHASIANIDAE;

FLAME RETARDANT; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DUCK; EPIDEMIC; GALLIFORMES; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FLAME RETARDANTS; GALLIFORMES; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 67649240045     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00268     Document Type: Article

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