Assessment of lameness in sows using gait, footprints, postural behaviour and foot lesion analysis

Lameness in sows has an economic impact on pig production and is a major welfare concern. The aim of the present project was to develop methods to evaluate and quantify lameness in breeding sows. Five methods to study lameness were compared between themselves and with visual gait scoring used as a r...

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Main Authors: J. Grégoire, R. Bergeron, S. D'Allaire, M.-C. Meunier-Salaün, N. Devillers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731113000098