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Effect of the needle-free “intra dermal application of liquids” vaccination on the welfare of pregnant sows

BACKGROUND: In commercial pig production, sows are often vaccinated several times per gestation period, resulting in reduced welfare. This preliminary experiment investigated whether the needle-free IDAL vaccinator improves welfare through reduction of stress markers, improvement of behavioural and...

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Autores principales: Temple, Déborah, Escribano, Damián, Jiménez, Marta, Mainau, Eva, Cerón, José J., Manteca, Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-017-0056-3