Effects of air quality on fluctuating asymmetry in domestic pigs - A preliminary study

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 155-159

  Weissengruber, Gerald E ^a,c   Forstenpointner, Gerhard ^a,c   Gabler, Cornelia ^a,c   Bartussek, Helmut ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Fed Res Inst Agric Alpine R   (Austria)

^c Marinomed Biotech Ag Veterinärplatz 1   (Austria)

^d BAL Gumpenstein   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Carbon dioxide; Developmental stability; Humidity; Osteologic measurements

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCULATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; METACARPAL BONE; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIUS; SKELETON; STANDARDIZATION; SWINE; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; SUS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 1542283614     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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