Abrasions and lameness in piglets born in different farrowing systems with different types of floor

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Zoric, Mate ^a,b   Nilsson, Ebba ^a   Mattsson, Sigbrit ^a   Lundeheim, Nils ^b   Wallgren, Per ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOLEIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; FOOT DISEASE; NEWBORN; SKIN DISEASE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FOOT DISEASES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; SKIN DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 53649097242     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-50-37     Document Type: Article

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