A descriptive survey of the range of injuries sustained and farmers' attitudes to vulva biting in breeding sows in South-West England

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-280

  Rizvi, S ^a   Nicol, C J ^a   Green, L E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Sow; Vulva biting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347997604     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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