Assessment of different organic beddings materials for fattening lamb

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 22-27

  Teixeira, D L ^a,c   Villarroel, M ^b   Maria G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cleanliness; Ovis aries; Substrate; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84899900384     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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