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The Impact of Grouping on Skin Lesions and Meat Quality of Pig Carcasses

SIMPLE SUMMARY: In practice, unfamiliar pigs are frequently mixed prior to loading in order to obtain groups of uniform weight and to adjust the group size to the dimensions of the trailer compartments. Regrouping pigs is associated with establishing a new social rank via aggressive interactions. Fi...

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Autores principales: Driessen, Bert, Van Beirendonck, Sanne, Buyse, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7222386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32218131
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10040544