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Behavioral Response of Weaned Pigs during Gas Euthanasia with CO(2), CO(2) with Butorphanol, or Nitrous Oxide

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pig farmers are forced to euthanize a significant number of pigs due to injuries, hernias, or unthriftiness. The majority of pigs are euthanized using carbon dioxide gas asphyxiation. However, the humaneness of carbon dioxide is being increasingly questioned. An alternative is the us...

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Autores principales: Çavuşoğlu, Enver, Rault, Jean-Loup, Gates, Richard, Lay, Donald C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32370086
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10050787