Comparison of sow welfare in the Swedish deep-bedded system and the US crated-sow system

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1377-1380

  McGlone, John J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; LAW; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PIG FARMING; PREGNANCY; PRODUCTIVITY; STEREOTYPY; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750565541     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.9.1377     Document Type: Note

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