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Modeling collisions in laying hens as a tool to identify causative factors for keel bone fractures and means to reduce their occurrence and severity

Keel fractures represent a major productivity and welfare issue for the laying hen industry with greater than 50% of birds in recent surveys across various commercial operations and nations exhibiting some form of damage by end of lay. While the causes are likely multifactorial and influenced by age...

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Autores principales: Toscano, Michael, Booth, Francesca, Richards, Gemma, Brown, Steven, Karcher, Darrin, Tarlton, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29990363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200025