Effects of early play experience on play behaviour of piglets after weaning

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-231

  Donaldson, Tammy M ^a   Newberry, Ruth C ^a   Špinka, Marek ^b   Cloutier, Sylvie ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggression; Pig; Play; Weaning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

PIG; PLAY; WEANING;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036838044     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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