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The Welfare of Laboratory Animals

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  1. Biomedical Laboratory, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Peter Bollen

  2. Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

    Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga

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    Eila Kaliste

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Bollen, P., Ritskes-Hoitinga, M. (2007). The welfare of pigs and minipigs. In: Kaliste, E. (eds) The Welfare of Laboratory Animals. Animal Welfare, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2271-5_12

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