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Skin lesion monitoring at slaughter on heavy pigs (170 kg): Welfare indicators and ham defects

In order to evaluate at the slaughterhouse external carcass lesions on heavy pigs (170 kg) as potential welfare indicators, and the prevalence of ham defects determining ham exclusion from Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) markets, 732 pig batches from northern Italy were monitored during a 12-m...

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Autores principales: Bottacini, Mattia, Scollo, Annalisa, Edwards, Sandra A., Contiero, Barbara, Veloci, Martina, Pace, Vincenzo, Gottardo, Flaviana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30418998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207115