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Application of the voluntary human approach test on commercial pig fattening farms: a meaningful tool?

BACKGROUND: A Voluntary Human Approach Test (VHAT) was performed in pig pens, and relationships between environmental conditions and welfare indicators were investigated. Five variables were measured in 1668 pens in 214 fattening pig herds in Germany: time until the first contact (touching) between...

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Autores principales: Wegner, Birte, Spiekermeier, Ines, Nienhoff, Hendrik, Große-Kleimann, Julia, Rohn, Karl, Meyer, Henning, Plate, Heiko, Gerhardy, Hubert, Kreienbrock, Lothar, Beilage, Elisabeth Grosse, Kemper, Nicole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7422426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32832096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-020-00158-y