Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms

Eight pens (25 pigs/pen; <i>n</i> = 200) provided with an interactive straw-filled rooting tower (experimental group) and five pens (25 pigs/pen; <i>n</i> = 125) with a stationary (fixed) tower without straw (control group) were compared within three fattening periods on a co...

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Auteurs principaux: Anne Kalies, Johannes Baumgartner, Martin Beyerbach, Milos Stanojlovic, Tobias Scholz, Franziska Richter, Alexandra von Altrock, Isabel Hennig-Pauka
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Langue:EN
Publié: MDPI AG 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/722310ecd82e45098a778deb69cda736
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