Lameness

On Farm Monitoring of Pig Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 85-89

  Velarde, Antonio ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

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EID: 77954564925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-591-8     Document Type: Chapter

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