Skin lesion monitoring at slaughter on heavy pigs (170 kg): Welfare indicators and ham defects.

Skin lesion monitoring at slaughter on heavy pigs (170 kg): Welfare indicators and ham defects.

In order to evaluate at the slaughterhouse external carcass lesions on heavy pigs (170 kg) as potential welfare indicators, and the prevalence of ham defects determining ham exclusion from Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) markets, 732 pig batches from northern Italy were monitored during a 12-m...

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Main Authors: Mattia Bottacini, Annalisa Scollo, Sandra A Edwards, Barbara Contiero, Martina Veloci, Vincenzo Pace, Flaviana Gottardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6231647?pdf=render

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