Animal welfare and economic optimisation of farrowing systems

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-67

  Vosough Ahmadi, B ^a   Stott, A W ^a   Baxter, E M ^a   Lawrence, A B ^a   Edwards, S A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative housing systems; Animal welfare; Economic optimisation; Farrowing systems; Linear programming; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; SOW (SWINE); SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79551709170     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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