Mixing at young ages reduces fighting in unacquainted domestic pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-197

  Pitts, Anton D ^a   Weary, Daniel M ^a   Pajor, Edmond A ^b   Fraser, David ^a  

^a Fac Agric Sci Ctr Appl E   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Mixing; Pig agonistic behaviour; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034120808     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00104-0     Document Type: Article

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