Maternal responsiveness of outdoor sows from first to fourth parities

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 216-233

  Held, Suzanne ^a   Mason, Georgia ^b   Mendl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consistency; Maternal responsiveness; Outdoor pigs; Parities; Piglet Scream Test

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EFFECT; PIG; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33646865960     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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