Short communications: Smothering in commercial free-range laying hens: A preliminary investigation

Veterinary Record

Volumn 168, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Bright, A ^a   Johnson, E A ^a  

^a FAI FARMS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASPHYXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79956343443     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c7462     Document Type: Short Survey

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