Environmental enrichment of intensive pig housing using spent mushroom compost
Environmental enrichment of intensive pig housing using spent mushroom compost
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DOI:
10.1017/s1357729800055533
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发表时间:
2001-02-01
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Weatherup, RN
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Beattie, VE;Sneddon, IA;Weatherup, RN
In a comparative study which examined the effect of having access to mushroom compost in an otherwise barren environment there were three treatments and six replicates. The tree treatments were (T1) control barren pen providing 0.7 m(2) per pig with fully slatted floor, (T2) empty horizontal rack suspended above the pigs' heads and (T3) mushroom compost on rack as in treatment 2. Pigs released particles of compost from the rack by nosing the metal grid from below. Almost twice as many pigs with access to mushroom compost (T3) nosed the rack (P