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Limited Associations between Keel Bone Damage and Bone Properties Measured with Computer Tomography, Three-Point Bending Test, and Analysis of Minerals in Swiss Laying Hens

Keel bone damage is a wide-spread welfare problem in laying hens. It is unclear so far whether bone quality relates to keel bone damage. The goal of the present study was to detect possible associations between keel bone damage and bone properties of intact and damaged keel bones and of tibias in en...

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Autores principales: Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G., Pfulg, Andreas, Fröhlich, Ernst K. F., Käppeli, Susanna, Guggisberg, Dominik, Liesegang, Annette, Stoffel, Michael H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28848740
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00128