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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...
Autores principales: | Thøfner, Ida, Hougen, Hans Petter, Villa, Chiara, Lynnerup, Niels, Christensen, Jens Peter |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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