Sow body movements that crush piglets: A comparison between two types of farrowing accommodation

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-158

  Weary, Daniel M ^a   Pajor, Edmond A ^a   Fraser, David ^a   Honkanen, Anne Marie ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Housing; Mortality; Neonatal behavior; Parental behaviour; Parturition; Pig

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030586850     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(96)01042-8     Document Type: Article

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