Prevalence of lesions and body condition scores among female swine at slaughter

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 525-528

  Ritter, Larry A ^a   Xue, Jin Liang ^a   Dial, Gary D ^a   Morrison, Robert B ^a   Marsh, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; MEAT; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHOULDER; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UDDER; UNITED STATES; VISCERA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MEAT; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; SHOULDER; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VISCERA;

EID: 0033556931     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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