A note on the effects of additional sow gruntings on suckling behaviour in piglets

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-101

  Kasanen, Sari ^a   Algers, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Communication; Grunting; Nursing; Piglet; Sow

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SUCKLING; VOCALIZATION;

HAEMULIDAE;

EID: 0037011850     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00186-1     Document Type: Article

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