Provision of straw by a foraging tower –effect on tail biting in weaners and fattening pigs

BACKGROUND: Straw is one of the most effective rooting materials to reduce tail biting in pigs. A so-called foraging-tower (FT) provides only small quantities of straw compatible with liquid manure systems. The focus of the present study was on the effect of providing straw by FT in order to prevent...

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Autores principales: Holling, Carolin, grosse Beilage, Elisabeth, Vidondo, Beatriz, Nathues, Christina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-017-0052-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-017-0052-7

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