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Breeding for improved welfare in pigs: a conceptual framework and its use in practice

2004-04-01

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Welfare of animals can be defined as the kind of feelings the environmental conditions bring about in the animals. These feelings depend on the needs of the animals and their degree of satisfaction. Needs of animals, and so their welfare, are partly genetically determined. Therefore, welfare can be changed by breeding. The aim of this study was to investigate how welfare of pigs under modern intensive farm conditi...

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DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800054102

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