Pregnant gilt behavior in outdoor and indoor intensive pork production systems

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-52

  Dailey, Jeffery W ^a   McGlone, John J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Indoor; Pig; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030949319     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01100-8     Document Type: Article

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