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Preference and possible consumption of provided enrichment and bedding materials and disinfectant powder by growing pigs

BACKGROUND: Domestic pigs have an evolutionary conserved exploratory behaviour. To comply with this requirement, the European Union aims at setting standards for appropriate enrichment materials for pigs (Council Directive 2008/120/EC). As recommended characteristics include ‘chewable’ and ‘edible’,...

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Autores principales: Koch, Felicitas, Kowalczyk, Janine, Mielke, Hans, Schenkel, Hans, Bachmann, Martin, Zeyner, Annette, Leinweber, Peter, Pieper, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8725516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34983672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-021-00243-w