Survey of biosecurity protocols and practices adopted by growers on commercial poultry farms in Georgia, U.S.A.

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1007-1015

  Dorea, F C ^a   Berghaus, R ^a   Hofacre, C ^a   Cole, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biosecurity; broiler; poultry; survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POULTRY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; GEORGIA; POULTRY DISEASES; VETERINARY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DATA COLLECTION; GEORGIA; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 77956989219     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9233-011210-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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