The development of skin, claw and teat lesions in sows and piglets in farrowing crates with two concrete flooring materials

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 148-154

  Norring, Marianna ^a   Valros, Anna ^a   Munksgaard, Lene ^b   Puumala, Maarit ^c   Kaustell, Kim O ^c   Saloniemi, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abrasiveness; Farrowing; Growth; Nursing period; Pig; Roughness; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547773654     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700701285065     Document Type: Article

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