How effective are clinical pre-farrowing risk assessment and the use of soft rubber mats in preventing shoulder ulcers in at-risk sows?

BACKGROUND: Lameness, low BCS and scar tissue in the skin covering the tuber spina scapulae are known as risk factors for shoulder ulcer in sows. In a two-step study, the predictive ability of pre-farrowing clinical examination and the preventive effect of rubber mats on the development of shoulder...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Daniel, Vogel, Charlotte, Kreienbrock, Lothar, große Beilage, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6624924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31338203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-019-0123-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6624924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31338203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-019-0123-z

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