Technical note: Evaluation of the official identification system for pigs for sale in New South Wales

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 472-475

  Hernandez Jover M ^a   Wu, M ^a   Schembri, N ^a   Holyoake, P K ^a   Toribio, J A L M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Identification system; Pig; Readability; Tattoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; SWINE; TATTOOING;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; FEMALE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SWINE; TATTOOING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 38949186744     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0623     Document Type: Article

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