A descriptive survey of lesions from cull sows harvested at two Midwestern U.S. facilities

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 198-212

  Knauer, M ^a   Stalder, K J ^a   Karriker, L ^a   Baas, T J ^a   Johnson, C ^a   Serenius, T ^a   Layman, L ^a   McKean, J D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Cull sows; Feet leg lesions; Gross lesions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKIN DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREGNANCY; SKIN DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 35448972171     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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