Effects of animal/feeding-place ratio on the behaviour and performance of fattening pigs fed via sensor-controlled liquid feeding

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 45-53

  Rasmussen, Dorthe Kirstine ^a   Weber, Roland ^b   Wechsler, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b Agroscope FAT Taenikon   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal feeding place ratio (AFR); Fattening pigs; Feeding behaviour; Liquid sensor controlled feeding; Performance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING MECHANISM; PIG; SENSOR;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33646480346     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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