High physiological demands in intensively raised pigs: Impact on health and welfare

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 886-898

  Prunier, A ^a,b   Heinonen, M ^c   Quesnel, H ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

growth; health; reproduction; spig; welfare

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 77954563418     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111000008X     Document Type: Article

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