Feasibility Study: Improving Floor Cleanliness by Using a Robot Scraper in Group-Housed Pregnant Sows and Their Reactions on the New Device

Successful pig farming needs the best conditions of cleanliness in the housings. The present study examined for the first time whether a robot scraper usually applied in dairy farming is usable in sow housings for cleaning the slatted floors and improving hygiene and thus animal welfare. For evaluat...

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Main Authors: Peter Ebertz, Manuel Stephan Krommweh, Wolfgang Büscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/4/185