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Further reading
- Bünger B., Zacharias B., Schrade H. KTBL (2017): When do fattening pigs eat as they please, whenever they can? https://www.ktbl.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Allgemeines/Download/DVG-Tagung/11513_Etho_2017.pdf
- DLG Fact Sheet 463: Feeding and Animal Welfare in Pigs Part A: Feed, Feeding and Fibre Intake. https://www.dlg.org/de/landwirtschaft/themen/tierhaltung/futter-und-fuetterung/dlg-merkblatt-463
- Animal Welfare and Livestock Husbandry Ordinance (TierSchNutztV): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tierschnutztv/