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Stocking Density Affects Welfare Indicators in Horses Reared for Meat Production

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Not enough effort is being made to safeguard the welfare of horses reared for meat production. These horses are kept in intensive breeding farms where they are housed in group pens at high stock densities and fed high amounts of concentrates. The aim of the study is to evaluate wheth...

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Autores principales: Raspa, Federica, Tarantola, Martina, Bergero, Domenico, Bellino, Claudio, Mastrazzo, Chiara Maria, Visconti, Alice, Valvassori, Ermenegildo, Vervuert, Ingrid, Valle, Emanuela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32604808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10061103