Behaviour of growing pigs kept in pens with outdoor runs II. Temperature regulatory behaviour, comfort behaviour and dunging preferences

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-278

  Olsen, A W ^a   Dybkjaer L ^a   Simonsen, H B ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Outdoor runs; Pig behaviour; Shelter; Straw; Straw flow; Temperature; Wallow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034950982     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(01)00173-7     Document Type: Article

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