Relationship between animal-based on-farm indicators and meat inspection data in pigs

Abstract Background This study aimed to validate slaughterhouse indicators collected during meat inspection as an alternative to on-farm animal welfare indicators. For this purpose, the assessments of twelve on-farm and seven slaughterhouse indicators of 628 pigs from three different farms were comb...

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Main Authors: Johanna Witt, Joachim Krieter, Kathrin Büttner, Thore Wilder, Mario Hasler, Ralf Bussemas, Stephanie Witten, Irena Czycholl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:Porcine Health Management
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-024-00359-9