A flooring comparison: The impact of rubber mats on the health, behavior, and welfare of group-housed sows at breeding

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 7-15

  Elmore, Monica R P ^a   Garner, Joseph P ^a   Johnson, Anna K ^b   Richert, Brian T ^a   Pajor, Edmond A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Comfort; Group housed; Rubber mat; Sows; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING POPULATION; CAPTIVE BREEDING; FLOOR; HEALTH STATUS; LESION; PIG; RUBBER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 75749113778     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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