Do Laying Hens with Keel Bone Fractures Experience Pain?

Faculty Veterinary Medicine Year: 2012
Type of Publication: ZU Hosted Pages:
Authors:
Mohamed Abdelfattah Mohamed Ahmed Nasr
Journal: PLoS ONE PLoS ONE Volume:
Keywords : , Laying Hens with Keel Bone Fractures    
Abstract:
The European ban on battery cages has forced a change towards the use of non-cage or furnished cage systems, but unexpectedly this has been associated with an increased prevalence of keel bone fractures in laying hens. Bone fractures are ac
    
     
 
       

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