The Welfare of Pigs

The domestic pig is perceived as an animal with intelligence and character and yet, in the industrialized world, the majority of people have had little or no contact with them. Pigs are subject to a wide range of environments from the tropics to the sub-arctic, ranging from small-scale, extensive sy...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Marchant-Forde, Jeremy N. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Animal Welfare, 7
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a to the Welfare of Pigs -- The Natural Behaviour of the Pig -- Advances in the Study of Cognition, Behavioural Priorities and Emotions -- Welfare of Dry Sows -- Welfare of Pigs in the Farrowing Environment -- Housing the Fattening Pig -- Pigs and Humans -- Balance Between Porcine Disease and Welfare -- Welfare into Practice -- Welfare of Pigs During Transport and Slaughter -- Future Perspectives of the Welfare of Pigs. 
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