Pigs and Minipigs

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 473-494

  Holtz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Administration of drugs involving restraint of animals; Domestic pigs prolific and reproducing at all times of the year; Euthanasia inducing rapid unconsciousness and death of animal without pain or distress; Existing systems for disease control in pigs improving economy of farming operations; Live Animals Regulations by International Air Transport Association (IATA); Modern domestic pigs varieties of species Sus scrofahaving 38 (2N) chromosomes; Nutrient requirements for animals of different ages and reproductive status differing; Pigs and minipigs; Socialisation within groups and establishment of social hierarchy behavioural traits of free ranging pigs; Young gilts and pregnant sows usually housed in groups

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EID: 84885845200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch32     Document Type: Chapter

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