EVALUATION OF HOUSING SYSTEMS FOR SOWS

Authors
DENHARTOG LA BACKUS GBC VERMEER HM
Citation
La. Denhartog et al., EVALUATION OF HOUSING SYSTEMS FOR SOWS, Journal of animal science, 71(5), 1993, pp. 1339-1344
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
Journal title
Journal of animal science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218812
Volume
71
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1339 - 1344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8812(1993)71:5<1339:EOHSFS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Housing systems of sows have to meet the requirements of the sow and t he requirements of the producer. Criteria that have to be taken into a ccount are productivity, labor input and management, welfare and healt h, and economy. Different housing systems for sows are described with respect to these criteria.