Locomotion Disorders and Skin and Claw Lesions in Gestating Sows Housed in Dynamic versus Static Groups

Emilie-Julie Bos; Dominiek Maes; Miriam M. J. van Riet; Sam Millet; Bart Ampe; Geert P. J. Janssens; Frank A. M. Tuyttens

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163625

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Locomotion Disorders and Skin and Claw Lesions in Gestating Sows Housed in Dynamic versus Static Groups

Emilie-Julie Bos ,

* E-mail: emiliejulie.bos@ilvo.vlaanderen.be

Affiliations Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, Scheldeweg 68. 9090 Melle, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and herd health, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Dominiek Maes,

Affiliation Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and herd health, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Miriam M. J. van Riet,

Affiliations Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, Scheldeweg 68. 9090 Melle, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Heidestraat 19, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Sam Millet,

Affiliations Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, Scheldeweg 68. 9090 Melle, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Heidestraat 19, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Bart Ampe,

Affiliation Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, Scheldeweg 68. 9090 Melle, Belgium
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Geert P. J. Janssens,

Affiliation Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Heidestraat 19, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Affiliations Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, Scheldeweg 68. 9090 Melle, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Heidestraat 19, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Locomotion Disorders and Skin and Claw Lesions in Gestating Sows Housed in Dynamic versus Static Groups

Emilie-Julie Bos,
Dominiek Maes,
Miriam M. J. van Riet,
Sam Millet,
Bart Ampe,
Geert P. J. Janssens,
Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Published: September 28, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163625

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