Impact of flooring on the health and welfare of pigs

In Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 390-395

  Kilbride, Amy ^a   Gillman, Claire ^b   Ossent, Pete ^c   Green, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Animal Behaviour and Animal Walfare ^*

^c VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 70350144874     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inpract.31.8.390     Document Type: Article

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