Environment, facilities, and management of hospital pens in growing and finishing pig farms: a descriptive study

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to describe the housing system in the hospital pens on growing and finishing (GF) pig farms. This work was developed by using a questionnaire and was conducted between January and April, 2016. Forty-four GF commercial farms (a total of 41,111 animals) were in...

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Main Authors: Carlos Rodolfo Pierozan, Cleandro Pazinato Dias, Caio Abércio da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982017001100831&lng=en&tlng=en