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Freedom to Move: Free Lactation Pens Improve Sow Welfare
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pigs in Ireland are reared in intensive indoor systems, with sows normally confined in farrowing crates for a period of five weeks each time they farrow. This practice presents major animal welfare problems, with permeant confinement being banned at all other stages of production due...
Autores principales: | Kinane, Orla, Butler, Fidelma, O’Driscoll, Keelin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9311877/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35883309 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12141762 |
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