The pre-farrowing behaviour of sows with operant access to space for locomotion

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-58

  Haskell, M J ^a,b   Hutson, G D ^a   Dickenson, L G ^a   Palmer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farrowing; Operant responding; Pig reproductive behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031037621     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01088-X     Document Type: Article

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