Feeding motivation and stereotypies in pregnant sows fed increasing levels of fibre and/or food

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-40

  Bergeron, R ^a   Bolduc, J ^a   Ramonet, Y ^b   Meunier Salaun M C ^b   Robert, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding; High fibre diet; Motivation; Operant conditioning; Sow stereotyped behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033810105     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00142-8     Document Type: Article

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