Responses of piglets to early separation from the sow

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-300

  Weary, Daniel M ^a   Appleby, Michael C ^b   Fraser, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belly nosing; Pigs; Vocalization; Weaning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033617084     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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