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Dynamics of Salmonella Shedding and Welfare of Hens in Free-Range Egg Production Systems.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2017
Gole Vaibhav C, Woodhouse Rebecca, Caraguel Charles, Moyle Talia, Rault Jean-Loup, Sexton Margaret, Chousalkar Kapil
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The current study investigated the effect of environmental stressors (i.e., weather changes) on Salmonella shedding in free-range production systems and the correlations with behavioral and physiological measures (i.e., fecal glucocorticoid metabolites). This involved longitudinal and point-in-time surveys of Salmonella shedding and environmental contamination on four commercial free-range layer farms. The...
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