Space allowances for confined livestock and their determination from allometric principles

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Petherick, J Carol ^a,b   Phillips, Clive J C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Animal welfare; Behaviour; Confinement; Livestock; Stocking density; Transport

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; LIVESTOCK; NUMERICAL METHOD; SHEEP; STOCKING DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 58649108292     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.09.008     Document Type: Review

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