Behavior and reproductive performance by stalled breeding females on a commercial swine farm

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1482-1487

  Sekiguchi, T ^a,b   Koketsu, Y ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pigs; Stereotypies; Vacuum Chewing

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 2442452665     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.8251482x     Document Type: Article

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