The development of harmful social behaviour in pigs with intact tails and different enrichment backgrounds in two housing systems

Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-298

  Van De Weerd, H A ^a,c   Docking, C M ^b   Day, J E L ^b   Edwards, S A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Pig and Poultry Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Enrichment; Pigs; Tail biting

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 21744448570     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ASC40450289     Document Type: Article

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