The relationship between food consumption and persistence of post- feeding foraging behaviour in sows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 249-262

  Haskell, M J ^a   Terlouw, E M C ^a,b   Lawrence, A B ^a   Erhard, H W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Persistence; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ARENA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030198748     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00644-3     Document Type: Article

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