Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design
The fattening of beef cattle in Italy is mainly carried out under intensive rearing conditions. The main features of the Italian beef farms are the high stocking rate and the loose housing of the animals in multiple pens indoors. The pen with fully slatted floor is the most frequent housing solution...
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| author | D. Zanet M. Dorigo R. Ricci G. Cozzi |
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| description | The fattening of beef cattle in Italy is mainly carried out under intensive rearing conditions. The main features of the Italian beef farms are the high stocking rate and the loose housing of the animals in multiple pens indoors. The pen with fully slatted floor is the most frequent housing solution because it does not require any bedding material and it has a lower labour cost to remove slurry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f58b0626c54447f5a0a20a9a5204bc422022-12-22T01:48:01ZengTaylor & Francis GroupItalian Journal of Animal Science1594-40771828-051X2010-01-0142s25125310.4081/ijas.2005.2s.251Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different designD. ZanetM. DorigoR. RicciG. CozziThe fattening of beef cattle in Italy is mainly carried out under intensive rearing conditions. The main features of the Italian beef farms are the high stocking rate and the loose housing of the animals in multiple pens indoors. The pen with fully slatted floor is the most frequent housing solution because it does not require any bedding material and it has a lower labour cost to remove slurry.http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/711beef cattle, housing system, cleanliness, lameness |
| spellingShingle | D. Zanet M. Dorigo R. Ricci G. Cozzi Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design Italian Journal of Animal Science beef cattle, housing system, cleanliness, lameness |
| title | Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design |
| title_full | Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design |
| title_fullStr | Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design |
| title_short | Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design |
| title_sort | growth performance cleanliness and lameness of finishing charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design |
| topic | beef cattle, housing system, cleanliness, lameness |
| url | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/711 |
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