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Prevalence rates of health and welfare conditions in broiler chickens change with weather in a temperate climate

Climate change impact assessment and adaptation research in agriculture has focused primarily on crop production, with less known about the potential impacts on livestock. We investigated how the prevalence of health and welfare conditions in broiler (meat) chickens changes with weather (temperature...

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Autores principales: Part, Chérie E., Edwards, Phil, Hajat, Shakoor, Collins, Lisa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160197