Maternal behaviour of domestic sows and crosses between domestic sows and wild boar

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-42

  Gustafsson, Maria ^a   Jensen, Per ^a   De Jonge, Francien H ^b   Illmann, Gudrun ^c   Spinka, Marek ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Domestication; Maternal behaviour; Nursing; Pigs; Pre parturient behaviour

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032888338     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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