Behaviour and performance of pigs finished on deep bedding with wood shavings or rice husks in summer

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Hotzel M J ^a   Lopes, E C J ^a   de Oliveira, P A V ^b   Guidoni, A L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Enrichment; Housing; Performance; Redirected behaviours; Rooting material

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; RECUMBENCY; RICE; STANDING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WOOD;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 59849097187     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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