Sexual motivation in relation to social rank in pair-housed sows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 39-53

  Pedersen, L J ^a   Heiskanen, T ^b   Damm, B I ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Oestrus; Pig behaviour; Sexual behaviour; Social rank

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SWINE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; OVULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0347033282     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00208-7     Document Type: Article

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