The interrelationships between clinical signs and their effect on involuntary culling among pregnant sows in group-housing systems

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1922-1928

  Jensen, T B ^a   Bonde, M K ^b   Kongsted, A G ^b   Toft, N ^a   Sorensen J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

clinical signs; factor analysis; involuntary culling; sows

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650528808     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110001102     Document Type: Article

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