Exercising stall-housed gestating gilts: Effects on lameness, the musculo-skeletal system, production, and behavior

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3166-3180

  Lay Jr , D C ^b   Schenck, E L ^a   Mcmunn, K A ^b   Rosenstein, D S ^c   Stroshine, R L ^a   Nielsen, B D ^c   Richert, B T ^a   Marchant Forde, J N ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Exercise; Lameness; Lying behavior; Muscle weight; Sow

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; LITTER SIZE; MUSCLE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN TYPE I; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LITTER SIZE; MUSCLES; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 55849093977     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1046     Document Type: Article

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