Gait and force analysis of provoked pig gait on clean and fouled concrete surfaces

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-544

  von Wachenfelt, H ^a   Pinzke, S ^a   Nilsson, C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; FLOORS; FOULING; FRICTION;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; CONCRETE FLOOR; CONCRETE SURFACE; DYNAMIC COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; FORWARD-AND-BACKWARD; GAIT PARAMETERS; SURFACE MATERIALS; TWO-FOLD REDUCTION;

MAMMALS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 70350741215     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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