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A 25 years experience of group-housed sows–reproduction in animal welfare-friendly systems

Since January 1 2013, group housing of sows has been compulsory within the European Union (EU) in all pig holdings with more than ten sows. Sows and gilts need to be kept in groups from 4 weeks after service to 1 week before the expected time of farrowing (Article 3(4) of Directive 2008/120/EC on th...

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Autores principales: Einarsson, Stig, Sjunnesson, Ylva, Hultén, Fredrik, Eliasson-Selling, Lena, Dalin, Anne-Marie, Lundeheim, Nils, Magnusson, Ulf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-56-37