Dimensions of maternal behaviour characteristics in domestic and wildxdomestic crossbred sows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-114

  Špinka, Marek ^a   Illmann, Gudrun ^a   De Jonge, Francien ^b   Andersson, Maria ^c   Schuurman, Teun ^b   Jensen, Per ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Domestication; Maternal behaviour; Nursing; Pigs; Temper ament; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033666392     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00151-9     Document Type: Article

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