Behaviour, social interactions and lesion scores of group-housed sows in relation to floor space allowance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-316

  Weng, R C ^a,b   Edwards, S A ^a   English, P R ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalous behaviour; Pig social behaviour; Space requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031708615     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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