Aggressive behaviour of sows at mixing and maternal behaviour are heritable and genetically correlated traits

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-85

  Løvendahl, Peter ^a   Damgaard, Lars Holm ^a   Nielsen, Birte Lindstrøm ^a   Thodberg, Karen ^a   Su, Guosheng ^a   Rydhmer, Lotta ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Maternal behaviour; Sow; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17544371786     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.11.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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