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Do Pigs Have Adequate Space in Animal Transportation Vehicles?—Planimetric Measurement of the Floor Area Covered by Finishing Pigs in Various Body Positions
In this study, the floor area covered by individual finishing pigs in various body positions was measured using a contrast-based planimetric method for computer-assisted analysis of two-dimensional images. Two hundred and thirty-two finishing pigs were weighed during the last fifth of the fattening...
Autores principales: | Arndt, Heidi, Volkmann, Nina, Spindler, Birgit, Hartung, Jörg, Kemper, Nicole |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30687722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00330 |
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