Udder preference in wild boar piglets

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-55

  Fernández Llario, Pedro ^a   Mateos Quesada, Patricio ^a  

^a Instituto de Ensenanza Secundaria Santa Lucia del Trampal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Natural selection; Piglets; Sus scrofa; Teat preference; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 21244465105     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-005-0109-5     Document Type: Article

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