Effect of partitioning pens on aggressive behavior of pigs regrouped at weaning

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 167-174

  Olesen, Linda S ^a   Nygaard, Christina M ^a   Friend, Ted H ^b   Bushong, Diana ^b   Knabe, Darrell A ^b   Vestergaard, Klaus S ^a   Vaughan, R Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fighting; Partitions; Pigs; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006398219     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00650-8     Document Type: Article

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