The Effect of Long-Term Housing in an Aviary and Battery Cages on the Physical Condition of Laying Hens: Body Weight, Feather Condition, Claw Length, Foot Lesions, and Tibia Strength
Open Access
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Poultry Science
- Vol. 73 (2) , 268-273
- https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0730268
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