Nursing synchronisation in lactating sows as affected by activity, distance between the sows and playback of nursing vocalisations

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 13-26

  Špinka, Marek ^a   Gonyou, Harold W ^b   Li, Yuzhi Z ^b   Bate, Luis A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Communication; Nursing; Pig; Synchronisation; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; LACTATION; LIVESTOCK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3242713190     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.02.018     Document Type: Article

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