Nest-building, behavioural disturbances and heart rate in farrowing sows kept in crates and schmid pens

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-187

  Damm, B I ^a   Lisborg, L ^a   Vestergaard, K S ^a   Vanicek, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Konfirm Ltd   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Farrowing; Heart rate; Housing; Nest building behaviour; Sows

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038372655     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00186-0     Document Type: Article

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