Analysis of Housing Risk Factors for the Welfare of Lean and Heavy Pigs in a Sample of European Fattening Farms
Pig welfare is affected by housing conditions, the minimum requirements of which are set up by EU legislation. Animal and non-animal-based measures are useful indicators to investigate housing risk factors for pig welfare. An observational study on 51 pig farms in seven EU countries, aimed at invest...
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| Main Authors: | Paolo Ferrari, Alessandro Ulrici, Matteo Barbari |
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN |
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/d7db7ea7646446faaa89d8a2bbe38449 |
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