Tail and ear biting lesions in pigs: An epidemiological study

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Smulders, Dennis ^a   Hautekiet, V ^a   Verbeke, G ^a   Geers, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Ear biting; Epidemiology; Pig; Tail biting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; POLICY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE DISEASE; TAIL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 38949110109     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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