Alternatives to nose-ringing in outdoor sows: 2. The provision of edible or inedible overground enrichment

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-237

  Edge, H L ^a   Bornett, H L I ^a   Newton, E ^a   Edwards, S A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Environment enrichment; Foraging; Nose ringing; Pig; Rooting behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; NONHUMAN; SILAGE; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2342599029     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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