Welfare index and reproductive performance in the sow

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 494-500

  Munsterhjelm, C ^a,b   Valros, A ^a   Heinonen, M ^a   Halli O ^a   Peltoniemi, O A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Development of Animal Health Services in Pohjois Savo   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; FEMALE; FINLAND; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33751054433     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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