Individual behavioural characteristics of pigs and their impact on production;Individuele gedragskarakteristieken van varkens en de relatie met productieresultaten

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 125, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 649-652

  Van Erp van Der Kooij, E ^a   Kuijpers, A H ^a   Schrama, J W ^b   Ekkel, E D ^b   Tielen, M J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MEAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STRESS; SWINE; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MEAT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034320275     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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