Mortality and Diseases Status in Layer Chicken Flocks Reared in Traditional Farms in Khartoum-Sudan

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-269

  Babiker, M A ^a   Tawfeig, A ^b   Yahia, I E ^a   Noura, K ^a  

^a University of Bahr El Ghazal   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Chronic respiratory disease; Layer chicks; Mortality diseases

Indexed keywords

AVES; CESTODA;

EID: 67649304649     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2009.264.269     Document Type: Article

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