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

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 308-322

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bedding; Bursitis; Floor; Logistic regression; Pig; Welfare

Indexed keywords

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

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; 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: 38849184083     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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