The effect of keel fractures on egg-production parameters, mobility and behaviour in individual laying hens

Faculty Veterinary Medicine Year: 2012
Type of Publication: ZU Hosted Pages:
Authors:
Mohamed Abdelfattah Mohamed Ahmed Nasr
Journal: Animal Welfare Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Volume:
Keywords : , effect , keel fractures , egg-production parameters, mobility    
Abstract:
A majority of laying hens fracture their keel bones during the laying cycle. It is not easy for a farmer to identify hens with fractures and hen survival rate seems high. Thus, the effect of both recent and healed fractures on bird welfare
    
     
 
       

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