Factors associated with in-transit losses of market hogs in Ontario in 2001

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 377-384

  Haley, Charles ^a   Dewey, Catherine E ^a   Widowski, Tina ^a   Poljak, Zvonimir ^a   Friendship, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MARKETING; MEAT INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIPPING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CONFINED SPACES; FEMALE; MALE; ONTARIO; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 56749150332     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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