A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and associated risk factors for capped hock and the associations with bursitis in weaner, grower and finisher pigs from 93 commercial farms in England

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 272-284

  KilBride, A L ^a   Gillman, C E ^a   Ossent, P ^b   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bursitis; Capped hock; Flooring; Hierarchical logistic regression; Limb lesions; Pig; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BED; BUILDING; BURSITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; BURSITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOT DISEASES; HINDLIMB; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 38849157806     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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