The welfare of piglets

Welfare of Pigs from Birth to Slaughter

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 97-131

  Puppe, B ^a   Meunier Salaun M C ^b   Otten, W ^a   Orgeur, P ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Housing; Piglets; Sus scrofa; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649520336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-637-3     Document Type: Chapter

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