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Broilers Dark House– American Experience

Published: July 3, 2013
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Introduction The onset of intensive, controlled environment animal production began only modestly in the mid-­-20th century in the USA as poultry were brought indoors. Of course farmers had provided shelter for their animals for centuries before this. However, several key factors combined at that time to accelerate adoption of such systems, including: relatively inexpensive energy, elec...
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Richard Gates
University of Illinois
University of Illinois
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Carlos Flores E
AGROPECUARIA FOPSA
22 de julio de 2015
What percentage of houses are totally enclosed, dark house, in the US, Brasil, México, Argentina, Peru??
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