Straw Bedding or Concrete Floor for Loose-housed Pregnant Sows: Consequences for Aggression, Production and Physical Health

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 190-195

  Andersen, I L ^a   Boe K E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Body lesions; Movement disorders; Pregnant sows; Straw bedding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040711004     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647099424105     Document Type: Article

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