Maternal feed intake, but not feed composition affects postural behaviour and nursing frequency of lactating primiparous sows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 41-49

  Van Den Brand, Henry ^a   Schouten, Willem G P ^a   Kemp, Bas ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feed composition; Feed intake; Lactation; Nursing; Sows

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; LACTATION; PIG;

EID: 1542380916     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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