Floor type

On Farm Monitoring of Pig Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 135-139

  Hörning, Bernhard ^a  

^a Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

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EID: 70350069790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-591-8     Document Type: Chapter

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