Growth performance, cleanliness and lameness of finishing Charolais bulls housed in littered pens of different design

The fattening of beef cattle in Italy is mainly carried out under intensive rearing conditions. The main features of the Italian beef farms are the high stocking rate and the loose housing of the animals in multiple pens indoors. The pen with fully slatted floor is the most frequent housing solution because it does not require any bedding material and it has a lower labour cost to remove slurry.

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