Influence of tail biting on weight gain, lesions and condemnations at slaughter of finishing pigs
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عنوان ژورنال: Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0100-736X
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2012001000003