Effect of social group size on aggressive behaviour between unacquainted domestic pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-215

  Turner, Simon P ^a   Horgan, Graham W ^b   Edwards, Sandra A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Group size; Pig; Recognition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; GROUP SIZE; PIG; RECOGNITION;

EID: 0035813568     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00168-X     Document Type: Article

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