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Testing the feasibility of using a conveyor belt to load weanling and nursery pigs for transportation

Transportation is known to be a multi-faceted stressor, with the process of loading being one of the most significant factors impacting the stress to which animals are exposed. This project was designed to determine if using a conveyor to load pigs into the top deck of a simulated straight deck trai...

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Autores principales: Lay, D. C., Sapkota, A., Enneking, S. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7205342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32704653
http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/tas2017.0033