Factors affecting the mortality of weaned piglets during commercial transport between farms

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 815-819

  Averos X ^a   Knowles, T G ^b   Brown, S N ^b   Warriss, P D ^b   Gosalvez L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEANING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONFINED SPACES; EUROPEAN UNION; FASTING; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WEANING;

EID: 79952272194     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c6226     Document Type: Article

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