Health of non-ambulatory, non-injured pigs at processing

Livestock Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 237-245

  Sutherland, Mhairi A ^a   Erlandson, Keith ^b   Connor, Joe F ^b   Salak Johnson, Janeen L ^c   Matzat, Paul ^d   Smith, Jerry F ^a   McGlone, John J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARTHAGE VETERINARY SERVICE LTD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Down; Health; NANI; Pigs; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CIRCOVIRIDAE; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS; PORCINE RESPIRATORY CORONAVIRUS; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SUIDAE; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 44349097619     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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