Lying down and rolling behaviour in sows in relation to piglet crushing

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-20

  Damm, B I ^a   Forkman, B ^a   Pedersen, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lying down; Piglet crushing; Pre lying behaviour; Rolling; Sow responsiveness; Sows

Indexed keywords

PIG;

EID: 10944265489     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.008     Document Type: Review

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