Early warning indicators for hock burn in broiler flocks

Avian Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 405-409

  Hepworth, Philip J ^a   Nefedov, Alexey V ^a   Muchnik, Ilya B ^b   Morgan, Kenton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DERMATITIS; FOOT DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DERMATITIS; FOOT DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77958173060     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.510500     Document Type: Article

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