Alternative housing for sows and litters 1. Effects of sow-controlled housing on responses to weaning

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-121

  Pajor, E A ^a,c   Weary, D M ^b   Fraser, D ^b   Kramer, D L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pig welfare; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032717547     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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