Consistency of measurement of social status in dry-sows group-housed in indoor and outdoor systems

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-79

  Bradshaw, R H ^a   Skyrme, J ^a   Brenninkmeijer, E E ^b   Broom, D M ^a  

^a Dept of Clin Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Prof Univ Food Technol E   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Dominance; Social status; Sows

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347308439     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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