Predictability of nursings without milk ejection in domestic pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-311

  Illmann, Gudrun ^a   Špinka, Marek ^a   Štětková, Zuzana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Milk ejection; Non nutritive nursing; Pig maternal behaviour; Udder massage; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033611540     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00201-9     Document Type: Article

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