Do domestic pigs prefer short-term to medium-term confinement?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 221-232

  Špinka, Marek ^a   Duncan, Ian J H ^b   Widowski, Tina M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognition; Pig housing; Preference tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031819591     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00109-9     Document Type: Article

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