Health, Welfare, and Productivity of Pigs Housed under Specifi c-Stress-Free Conditions in Comparison with Two-Site Systems

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2081-2087

  Ekkel, E Dinand ^a,b   Savenije, Bart ^a   Schouten, Willem G P ^a,b   Tielen, Martin J M ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Animal Health Service Boxtel   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cell Mediated Immunity; Health; Housing; Pigs; Production Performance

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; SWINE; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EATING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INJECTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREGNANCY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STRESS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030237062     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7492081x     Document Type: Article

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