Original paper

Modeling collisions in laying hens as a tool to identify causative factors for keel bone fractures and means to reduce their occurrence and severity

Volume: 13, Issue: 7, Pages: e0200025 - e0200025
Published: Jul 10, 2018
Abstract
Keel fractures represent a major productivity and welfare issue for the laying hen industry with greater than 50% of birds in recent surveys across various commercial operations and nations exhibiting some form of damage by end of lay. While the causes are likely multifactorial and influenced by age, diet, genetic line, and other factors, high energy collisions with house furnishings and conspecifics in the barn are believed to be a major...
Paper Details
Title
Modeling collisions in laying hens as a tool to identify causative factors for keel bone fractures and means to reduce their occurrence and severity
Published Date
Jul 10, 2018
Journal
Volume
13
Issue
7
Pages
e0200025 - e0200025
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