Biomechanical gait analysis of pigs walking on solid concrete floor

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 708-715

  Thorup, V M ^a,b   Togersen F Aa ^a   Jorgensen B ^a   Jensen, B R ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Floor type; Friction; Gait; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRICTION; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; KINEMATICS; LIMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34249062047     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107736753     Document Type: Article

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