Skin lesions in broiler chickens measured at the slaughterhouse: Relationships between lesions and between their prevalence and rearing factors

British Poultry Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-417

  Allain, V ^a   Mirabito, L ^b   Arnould, C ^c   Colas, M ^b   Le Bouquin, S ^a   Lupo, C ^a   Michel, V ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b ITAVI   (France)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FRANCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FOOT DERMATOSES; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POULTRY DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 70349580363     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660903110901     Document Type: Article

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