Bacteriological contamination of eggs and eggshell quality in furnished cages and non-cage systems for laying hens: an international on-farm comparison
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Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Technology and Food Unit, Brusselsesteenweg 370, 9090 Melle, Belgium; Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands; Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Animal Science Unit, Scheldeweg 68, 9090 Melle, Belgium; Provincial Centre for Applied Poultry Research, Poiel 77, 2440 Geel, Belgium
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