Consistency of piglet crushing by sows

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-51

  Jarvis, Susan ^a   D'Eath, R B ^a   Fujita, K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Breeding goals; Individual differences; Pre weaning piglet mortality; Repeatability; Sow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; INJURY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PIG FARMING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 13644270907     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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