Piglet mortality on farms using farrowing systems with or without crates

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-279

  Weber, Roland ^a   Keil, N M ^b   Horat, R ^c  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c Anicom AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Farrowing pens; Loose housing; Piglet losses; Reproductive performance; Sows

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249044215     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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