The influence of piglet birth weight on physical and behavioural development in early life

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 311-318

  Litten, J C ^a   Drury, P C ^a   Corson, A M ^a   Lean, I J ^a   Clarke, L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Neonatal pig play behaviour; Piglet dominance; Teat order

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUCKLING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; EATING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0242353348     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073640     Document Type: Article

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