Health and Welfare in Organic Poultry Production
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Health and welfare in organic poultry production.
This review paper deals with the major health and welfare aspects of organic poultry production. The differences between organic and conventional egg and poultry meat production are discussed, with the main emphasis on housing and management requirements, feed composition and the use of veterinary prophylactic and therapeutic drugs. The effects of the legislation and statutes for organic farmin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1751-0147
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-43-s1-s37