Measures to affect the elimination behaviour of fattening pigs in a conventional housing system

Pigs try to separate their lying area from the dunging area. However, due to several factors such as pen design, increasing ambient temperatures, or lack of space, pigs often lie in the dunging area or defaecate in the lying area, resulting in increased pen and animal soiling. Besides poor hygienic...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Animal Science
Main Authors:	Ulrike Höne, Lars Schrader, Richard Hölscher, Imke Traulsen, E. Tobias Krause
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-04-01
Subjects:	fattening pigs conventional pig housing pen design elimination area pen soiling
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2024.1331723/full