Testing different methods to evaluate pig welfare on farm

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-196

  Courboulay, Valerie ^a   Foubert, C ^a  

^a Institut Technique du Porc   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Human animal relationship; Lesion score; On farm assessment; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARM ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PIG FARMING; SKIN DEFECT; SWINE; TAIL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOUND;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34249062405     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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