Individual recognition of piglets by sows in the early post-partum period

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 975-991

  Maletínská, Jitka ^a   Špinka, Marek ^a   Víchová, Jitka ^a   Stěhulová, Ilona ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mother young; Offspring recognition; Olfaction vocalisation; Pig

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036629537     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853902320387927     Document Type: Article

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