Causes of skin damage to pig carcasses

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-45

  Faucitano, L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Carcass and meat quality; Handling; Pigs; Skin damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034144916     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A00-031     Document Type: Article

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