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Season, Transport Duration and Trailer Compartment Effects on Blood Stress Indicators in Pigs: Relationship to Environmental, Behavioral and Other Physiological Factors, and Pork Quality Traits

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Factors, such as ambient conditions, travel duration and vehicle design/compartment location have an impact on the welfare of pigs during transport, carcass bruises and meat quality. Based on this, we aimed to assess the effects of these factors on blood creatine kinase, lactate and...

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Autores principales: Sommavilla, Roberta, Faucitano, Luigi, Gonyou, Harold, Seddon, Yolande, Bergeron, Renée, Widowski, Tina, Crowe, Trever, Connor, Laurie, Scheeren, Marina Bergoli, Goumon, Sébastien, Brown, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5332929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28208689
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani7020008