Alternative housing for sows and litters part 3. Effects of piglet diet quality and sow-controlled housing on performance and behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-277

  Pajor, Edmond A ^a,c   Weary, Daniel M ^b   Caceres, Carolina ^a   Fraser, David ^b   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance; Pig housing; Weaning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

PIG;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037006842     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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