A note on simulating the 'observer effect' using constant photoperiod on nursery pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 301-309

  Lay Jr , D C ^a   Buchanan, H S ^a   Haussmann, M F ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; Pigs; Time budget method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345280754     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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