Incidence of lameness and abrasions in piglets in identical farrowing pens with four different types of floor

BACKGROUND: Lameness in piglets is a major animal welfare issue. Floor abrasiveness is a common cause of superficial injury in piglets in farrowing pens. The abrasion achieved may act as a gate for infections, which in turn may induce development of infectious arthritis. In this study, the influence...

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Autores principales: Zoric, Mate, Nilsson, Ebba, Lundeheim, Nils, Wallgren, Per
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19463187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-51-23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19463187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-51-23

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