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Physiological indicators of stress and meat and carcass characteristics in tail bitten slaughter pigs
BACKGROUND: Tail biting is a common welfare problem in pig production and in addition to being a sign of underlying welfare problems, tail biting reduces welfare in itself. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of tail biting on different pre and post mortem indicators of stress in slaug...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176994/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24172255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-55-75 |