Lying characteristics as determinants for space requirements in pigs

By E. Ekkel, H. Spoolder, I. Hulsegge, H. Hopster. 2003

148 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6208a35abf4e686477dad677884bd9cf64026ab1

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In Animal Science and Zoology

1. Frank André Maurice Tuyttens
2. Sandra A. Edwards
3. J.E.L Day
4. H. A. V. Weerd

In Small Animals

1. Frank André Maurice Tuyttens
2. Sandra A. Edwards
3. J.E.L Day
4. H. A. V. Weerd

Citations in the corpus

• The importance of straw for pig and cattle welfare: A review (2005, background): “80% of their time lying (Marx and Mertz, 1989; Ekkel et al., 2003), adequate lying comfort is important for their welfare.”
• Effect of increasing temperature on space requirements of group housed finishing pigs (2012, background): “The Ekkel et al. (2003) figure of k = 0.”