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Morphologically abnormal beaks observed in chickens that were beak-trimmed at young ages

A survey of beak morphological abnormalities was performed on 6,201 chickens (egg-laying hens and chickens for meat production belonging to 25 flocks) brought to a poultry processing plant. The observed abnormalities varied among flocks with occurrence rates ranging from 0.48 to 46.67%. The occurren...

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Autores principales: YAMAUCHI, Yuki, YOSHIDA, Shu, MATSUYAMA, Hiroyuki, OBI, Takeshi, TAKASE, Kozo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28757526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.17-0287