Slatted versus solid floors in the dung area of farrowing pens: Effects on hygiene and pig performance, Birth to weaning

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 167-174

  Rantzer, D ^a   Svendsen, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Farrowing Pen; Hygiene; Preweaning Losses; Slatted Flooring; Solid Flooring

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0040291379     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700117298     Document Type: Article

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