Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Vol.10 No.2(2020), Paper ID 99759, 14 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojas.2020.102017

 

Effect of Social Rank on Well-Being and Space Utilization of Dry Sows Kept in a Free Access Stall-Pen Housing Environment

 

Ashley E. DeDecker, Janeen L. Salak-Johnson

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Warsaw, NC, USA
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

 

Copyright © 2020 Ashley E. DeDecker, Janeen L. Salak-Johnson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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E. DeDecker, A. and L. Salak-Johnson, J. (2020) Effect of Social Rank on Well-Being and Space Utilization of Dry Sows Kept in a Free Access Stall-Pen Housing Environment. Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 10, 287-300. doi: 10.4236/ojas.2020.102017.

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