Comparison of the severity of esophagogastric, lung and limb lesions at slaughter in pigs reared under standard and enriched conditions

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Ramis, G ^b   Gomez S ^a   Pallares F J ^a   Munoz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b CEFU SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Esophagogastric ulcer; Fattening; Limb lesions; Lung lesions; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LIMB INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMAL PNEUMONIA OF SWINE; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH ULCER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 13644267275     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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