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Radiographic evaluation, risk factors, and socio-economic impact of metapodial and phalangeal lameness in dairy cows [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionLameness is a major welfare and economic concern in the dairy industry, yet lesions of the metapodial (canon bones) and phalanges remain relatively under-recognized compared with claw horn disorders.
El-Sayed El-Shafaey, El-Sayed El-Shafaey, Yahia A. Amin, Mohamed Tharwat, Mohamed A. Hamed, Khaled Abouelnasr, Zakriya Al Mohamad, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Ahmed M. A. Meligy, Yassir A. Almofti, Saad Shousha, Mahmoud G. El Sebaei   +11 more
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Effects of Housing and Environmental Enrichment on Performance, Welfare, and Air Quality in Fattening Pigs [PDF]

Animals
In intensive pig production systems, limited space and lack of enrichment materials (EMs) restrict natural behaviors, inducing chronic stress and impairing welfare and health.
Juho Lee, Huimang Song, Sarbani Biswas, Kyung-won Kang, Jinhyeon Yun   +4 more
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The market of flooring systems in Poland [PDF]

Innovative Marketing, 2018
The range of functions and the expectations of the users of flooring systems indicate that apart from purely construction-related (i.e. general construction) characteristics, floors used as partition elements have the potential to meet various customer ...
Artur Kisiołek
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Ethylene vinyl acetate (eva) aggregates usage evaluation for lightweight concrete subfloor to reduce impact sound in flooring systems

Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2020
Civil construction, nowadays has to deal with comfort and habitability requirements and raw material lack. Thus, it is desired to reuse materials.
F. B. Tutikian, F. Pacheco, M. Krumenauer, M. F. Oliveira, L. F. O. Silva   +4 more
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Structural Performance Assessment of Innovative Hollow Cellular Panels for Modular Flooring System

Buildings, 2022
Lightweight modular construction has become an increasing need to meet the housing requirements around the world today. The benefits of modular construction ranging from rapid production, consistency in quality, sustainability, and ease of use have ...
Keerthana John, Sherin Rahman, Bidur Kafle, Matthias Weiss, Klaus Hansen, Mohamed Elchalakani, Nilupa Udawatta, M. Reza Hosseini, Riyadh Al-Ameri   +8 more
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Mitigating the Spread and Translocation of Salmonella Enteritidis in Experimentally Infected Broilers under the Influence of Different Flooring Housing Systems and Feed Particle Sizes

Microorganisms, 2021
This study aimed to evaluate the influences of different flooring designs and feed particle sizes on the spread of Salmonella (S.) in broiler chickens.
Marwa F. E. Ahmed, Amr Abd El-Wahab, Jan-Philip Kriewitz, Julia Hankel, Bussarakam Chuppava, Christine Ratert, Venja Taube, Christian Visscher, Josef Kamphues   +8 more
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Effect of a High Welfare Floor and a Concrete Slatted Floor on the Growth Performance, Behavior and Cleanliness of Charolais and Limousin Heifers: A Case Study

Animals, 2022
Various floor systems are used in cattle housing with different characteristics in terms of roughness, abrasion, wetness, bedding material, ease of cleaning, etc.
Jakob Leskovec, Mojca Voljč, Silvester Žgur   +2 more
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Effect of Wood Properties and Building Construction on Thermal Performance of Radiant Floor Heating Worldwide

Applied Sciences, 2022
Due to its relatively lower thermal conductivity, the suitability of wood is called into question when selecting the flooring material best suited to radiant heating systems.
Enrique Ángel Rodríguez Jara, Álvaro Ruiz-Pardo, Marta Conde García, José Antonio Tenorio Ríos   +3 more
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The Impacts of Colony Cages on the Welfare of Chickens Farmed for Meat

Animals, 2022
There is growing interest in keeping meat chickens in modern colony cages (CCs) rather than conventional litter-floor barns. Suggested welfare improvements for chickens in such systems include reduced bodily lesions due to lower contact with flooring ...
Jenny L. Mace, Andrew Knight
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How Long Can a Wood Flooring System Last?

Buildings, 2021
Wood is a natural, sustainable, and renewable material, which has been used as flooring for centuries, but not enough is known about its durability and performance over time when subjected to different degradation agents.
Pedro Coelho, Ana Silva, Jorge de Brito
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