Evaluation of well-being, productivity, and longevity of pregnant sows housed in groups in pens with an electronic sow feeder or separately in gestation cells

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1630-1638

  Anil, Leena ^a   Anil, Sukumarannair S ^a   Deen, John ^a   Baidoo, Samuel K ^b   Wheaton, Jonathan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INJURY; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREGNANCY; PRODUCTIVITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGEVITY; PREGNANCY; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 27744567511     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1630     Document Type: Article

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