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Pathological characterization of keel bone fractures in laying hens does not support external trauma as the underlying cause

Keel bone fractures in laying hens have been described with increasing prevalence from several countries over the last twenty years and are considered one of the greatest welfare problems to the layer industry. In Denmark we have observed fracture prevalence in the range of 53% to 100% in flocks fro...

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Autores principales: Thøfner, Ida, Hougen, Hans Petter, Villa, Chiara, Lynnerup, Niels, Christensen, Jens Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7062247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32150551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229735