The effect of sampling strategy on the estimated prevalence of welfare outcome measures on finishing pig farms

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Mullan, Siobhan ^a   Browne, William J ^a   Edwards, Sandra A ^b   Butterworth, Andrew ^a   Whay, Helen R ^a   Main, David C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome; Pig; Sampling; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; FARM; LESION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG; SAMPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 67349250162     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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