Effect of access to roughage and shelter on selected behavioural indicators of welfare in pigs housed in a complex environment

Animal Welfare

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-87

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

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Housing; Pigs; Roughage; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH; HIGH FIBER DIET; NONHUMAN; PLAY; RANDOMIZATION; STRAW; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036190859     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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