Motivation for group housing in gestating sows

Animal Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-130

  Kirkden, R D ^a,b   Pajor, E A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Housing; Motivation; Social contact; Sows; Space

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUNGER; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33646849267     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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