Vocal response of piglets to weaning: Effect of piglet age

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Weary, Daniel M ^a,b   Fraser, David ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance; Pigs; Vocalization; Weaning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

PIGLET; POST-WEANING ADAPTATION; VOCALIZATION; WEANING AGE;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030862450     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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