Foot lesions in finishing pigs and their associations with the type of floor

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 629-632

  Mouttotou, N ^a   Hatchell, F ^a   Green, L E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOT INJURY; HOOF AND CLAW; INJURY; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOT INJURIES; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033526490     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.23.629     Document Type: Article

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