Crushing of piglets by the mother sow (Sus scrofa) - Purely accidental or a poor mother?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 229-243

  Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Berg, Synne ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crushing; Domestic sows; Maternal behaviour; Postnatal mortality

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MORALITY; PIG;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 24044435240     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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