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Mutilation procedures: welfare implications and new strategies

August 3, 2016Pigs, Tail dockingneuromas, Policy, Tail docking, UKMarc

Mutilation procedures: welfare implications and new strategies. By Sandercock, D. and E. Baxter, 2016. Better Training for Safer Food Initiative. EU training course for FVO’s on Animal Welfare in Pig Production, Malmo, Sweden, 11-14 Aril 2016

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