A test of sows' willingness to nurse

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 49-58

  Thodberg, Karen ^a   Jensen, Karin H ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavioural test; Hunger; Maternal behaviour; Motivation; Nursing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; PIG;

EID: 24344433291     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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