Transport of pigs

Livestock Handling and Transport: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 280-297

  Lambooij, E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mortality; Pigs; Stress; Transport; Welfare

Indexed keywords

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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