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A survey of bone integrity from cull sows in Ireland

The objective of this study was to examine the differences in sow metacarpal properties through various parities and to compare the incidence of locomotory problems between stalled and loose-housed sows. Metacarpals (n = 110) of sows from six farms were collected at slaughter and stored at -20°C. Bo...

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Autores principales: Ryan, WF, Lynch, PB, O'Doherty, JV
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21851743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-0481-63-12-754