Influence of maternal experience on pig behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 159-166

  Beattie, V E ^a   Walker, N ^a   Sneddon, I A ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Experience; Maternal behaviour; Pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000031357     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00646-X     Document Type: Article

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