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Assessing keel bone damage in laying hens by palpation: effects of assessor experience on accuracy, inter-rater agreement and intra-rater consistency

Accurate assessment is essential when evaluating keel bone damage. Palpation is commonly used to assess keel bone damage in living hens. However, there is little information on the accuracy of assessment of deviations and fractures on different parts of the keel, and on the consistency within, and a...

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Autores principales: Buijs, S, Heerkens, J L T, Ampe, B, Delezie, E, Rodenburg, T B, Tuyttens, F A M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Poultry Science Association, Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6376219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30768146
http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps/pey326