Effects of enrichment and floor type on behaviour of cubicle loose-housed dry sows

Animal Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-308

  Durrell, J ^a   Sneddon, I A ^a   Beattie, V E ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Environmental enrichment; Pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000169709     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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