Floor temperature preference of sows at farrowing

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Phillips, P A ^a   Fraser, D ^b   Pawluczuk, B ^a  

^a SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Fac Agric Sci Ctr Appl E   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental preference; Farrowing crate; Floor temperature; Parturition; Sow; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034701241     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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