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Data from routine meat inspection is a poor indicator of the prevalence of tail lesions in undocked pigs
We investigated the prevalence of tail lesions in batches of undocked slaughter pigs in herds just before delivery to an abattoir. At the abattoir, dehaired and scalded carcasses were submitted to routine meat inspection which included recording of tail lesions. The purpose of the study was to inves...
Autores principales: | Kongsted, Hanne, Foldager, Leslie, Sørensen, Jan Tind |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7155330/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32313682 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-020-00149-z |
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