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Pressure mat analysis of naturally occurring lameness in young pigs after weaning

BACKGROUND: Lameness is a common problem in modern swine husbandry. It causes welfare problems in affected pigs as well as financial problems for farmers. To minimize these negative consequences of lameness, new treatment and prevention strategies need to be developed and validated using objective a...

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Autores principales: Meijer, Ellen, Oosterlinck, Maarten, van Nes, Arie, Back, Willem, van der Staay, Franz Josef
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/PMC4236822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25139245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-014-0193-8