Relation between reproduction performance and indicators of feed intake, fear and social stress in commercial herds with group-housed non-lactating sows

Livestock Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 46-56

  Kongsted, A G ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Back fat; Eating behaviour; Litter size; Lying behaviour; Pregnancy rate; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646372214     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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