Modeling collisions in laying hens as a tool to identify causative factors for keel bone fractures and means to reduce their occurrence and severity

• Michael Toscano ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Michael.toscano@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

  Affiliation Center for Proper Housing: Poultry and Rabbits (ZTHZ), Division of Animal Welfare, VPH Institute, University of Bern, Zollikofen, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-3002

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• Francesca Booth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Lower Langford, North Somerset, England

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• Gemma Richards,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Lower Langford, North Somerset, England

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• Steven Brown,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Lower Langford, North Somerset, England

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• Darrin Karcher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• John Tarlton

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Lower Langford, North Somerset, England

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4886-6634

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