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| Etterlin, Pernille Engelsen; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Lundeheim, Nils; Heldmer, Eva; Österberg, Julia; Ekman, Stina. |
| Background Free-range housing, in which pigs have access to both indoor and outdoor areas, is mandatory in organic pig production in Europe, but little is known about the effects of this housing on joint health in pigs. A high level of joint condemnations at slaughter has been reported in organic free-range pigs in Sweden, compared with pigs raised in conventional confined housing. We hypothesised that biomechanical forces imposed on the joints of pigs that range freely promote the development of osteochondrosis and lead to joint condemnation. We compared the prevalence of osteochondrosis and other joint lesions (e.g. arthritis, traumatic) in the elbow and hock joints of 91 crossbred Hampshire (Yorkshire×Landrace) fattening pigs that were housed in a... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Animal husbandry; Health and welfare; Pigs. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/29322/1/Effects%20of%20free-range%20and%20confined%20housing%20on%20joint%20health%20in%20a%20herd%20of%20fattening%20pigs.pdf |
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| Kempf, Isabelle; Kerouanton, Annaëlle; Bougeard, Stéphanie; Nagard, Bérengère; Rose, Valérie; Mourand, Gwénaëlle; Österberg, Julia; Bengtsson, Björn O.. |
| The purpose of the study was to evaluate and compare the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter coli in conventional and organic pigs from France and Sweden. Fecal or colon samples were collected at farms or at slaughterhouses and cultured for Campylobacter. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid, streptomycin, tetracycline, erythromycin, and gentamicin were determined by microdilution for a total of 263 French strains from 114 pigs from 50 different farms and 82 Swedish strains from 144 pigs from 54 different farms. Erythromycin resistant isolates were examined for presence of the emerging rRNA methylase erm(B) gene. The study showed that within the colon samples obtained in each country there was no... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/32150/1/fmicb-08-00955%20%281%29.pdf |
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