Alternative housing for sows and litters: 2. Effects of a communal piglet area on pre- and post-weaning behaviour and performance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-135

  Weary, Daniel M ^a   Pajor, Edmond A ^b,c   Bonenfant, Marjolaine ^b,d   Ross, Stephen K ^b,e   Fraser, David ^a   Kramer, Donald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Emory University ^*  (Canada)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing; Performance; Pigs; Weaning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032694473     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00053-2     Document Type: Article

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