An investigation into the causation of chewing behaviour in growing pigs: The role of exploration and feeding motivation

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 47-59

  Day, J E L ^a,b,c   Kyriazakis, I ^a   Lawrence, A B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chewing behaviour; Exploratory behaviour; Feeding motivation; Pig feeding and nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002552604     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)01022-X     Document Type: Article

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