The effects of straw bedding on the feeding and social behaviour of growing pigs fed by means of single-space feeders

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 23-33

  Morgan, C A ^a   Deans, L A ^a   Lawrence, A B ^a   Nielsen, B L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pig feeding and nutrition; Single space feeders; Social behaviour; Straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031851020     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00141-X     Document Type: Article

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