Higher precision level at individual laying performance tests in noncage housing systems

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2276-2282

  Icken, W ^a   Thurner, S ^b   Heinrich, A ^b   Kaiser, A ^c   Cavero, D ^a   Wendl, G ^b   Fries, R ^c   Schmutz, M ^a   Preisinger, R ^a  

^a LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Research Center   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data recording; Layer; Performance test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882567064     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03119     Document Type: Article

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