Thøfner, I., Hougen, H. P., Villa, C. et al. 2020. Pathological characterization of keel bone fractures in laying hens does not support external trauma as the underlying cause. PLOS ONE 15(3), e0229735.
Keel bone fractures in laying hens have been described with increasing prevalence from several countries over the last twenty years and are considered one of the greatest welfare problems to the layer industry. In Denmark...