Effect of floor space during transport of market-weight pigs on the incidence of transport losses at the packing plant and the relationships between transport conditions and losses

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2856-2864

  Ritter, M J ^a   Ellis, M ^a   Brinkmann, J ^b   DeDecker, J M ^a   Keffaber, K K ^c   Kocher, M E ^a,d   Peterson, B A ^a   Schlipf, J M ^a   Wolter, B F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Maschhoffs Inc   (United States)

^c ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d Premium Standard Farms   (United States)

Author keywords

Floor space; Nonambulatory; Pig; Transport; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STRESS; SURVIVAL; SWINE; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFINED SPACES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33749409817     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2005-577     Document Type: Article

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