Tail biting, ear biting and cannibalism

On Farm Monitoring of Pig Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-61

  Bracke, Marc ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84899274892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-591-8     Document Type: Chapter

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