The development of the relationship between sow and piglet in the domestic pig - A sociobiological approach;Die entwicklung der beziehung zwischen sau und ferkel beim hausschwein - Eine soziobiologische betrachtung

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 115, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 445-452

  Puppe, Birger ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic pig; Nursing and suckling behaviour; Ontogeny; Sociobiology; Sus scrofa; Weaning conflict

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUCKING; SUCKLING; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SUS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0036853750     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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