Risk factors for cumulative mortality in broiler chicken flocks in the first week of life in Taiwan

British Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-577

  Chou, G C ^a   Jiang, D D ^b   Hung, Y P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VENTILATION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 9944265898     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000716604000006248     Document Type: Article

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