On Farm Monitoring of Pig Welfare

Wageningen Academic Publishers
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On Farm Monitoring of Pig Welfare outlines how to evaluate the welfare of pigs at a farm level. Attention is focused on the assessment of the validation of the inferred indicators and parameters, and the validity, reliability and the feasibility of the measuring methods. Issues are elaborated upong by well-known experts in their field of work. This unique approach has added-value compared to other books because ideas developed in laboratory conditions are discussed here in relation to constraints experienced in field work.