A note on variations in pig blood temperature measured at exsanguination

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-334

  Brown, S N ^a   Knowles, T G ^a   Wilkins, L J ^a   Pope, S J ^a   Kettlewell, P J ^b   Chadd, S A ^c   Warriss, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Blood temperature; Core temperature; Environmental conditions; Pigs; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547906500     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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