Economic and market issues on the sustainability of egg production in the United States: Analysis of alternative production systems

Poultry Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Sumner, D A ^a   Gow, H ^b   Hayes, D ^c   Matthews, W ^a   Norwood, B ^d   Rosen molina, J T ^a   Thurmanl, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of animal welfare; Economics of hen housing; Hen housing regulation; Hen welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650586832     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00822     Document Type: Article

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