Floor slat openings impact ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions associated with group-housed gestating sows

According to EU legislation, group-housed gestating sows must have a minimum of 2.25 m2 floor area per sow with at least 1.3 m2 of continuous solid floor of which a maximum of 15% is reserved for drainage openings. The aim of the experiment was to quantify the impact of different drainage openings o...

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Main Authors: F.X. Philippe, M. Laitat, J. Wavreille, B. Nicks, J.F. Cabaraux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116000938