Expert opinion on metal chains and other indestructible objects as proper enrichment for intensively-farmed pigs.

EC Directive 2001/93 requires that all pigs have access to proper investigation and manipulation materials. Intensively farmed pigs in Europe are frequently provided with a short metal chain with or without an indestructible object attached to the chain. To date authorities are regarding this as pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marc B M Bracke, Paul Koene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212610