Factors in the housing environment of finisher pigs associated with the development of gastric ulcers

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 260-264

  Amory, J R ^a,b   Mackenzie, A M ^a   Pearce, G P ^a,c  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH ULCER; STRAW; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33644924328     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.8.260     Document Type: Article

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