Positive handling in late pregnancy and the consequences for maternal behaviour and production in sows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 64-76

  Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Berg, Synne ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a   Edwards, Sandra ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fear; Maternal behaviour; Piglet mortality; Positive handling; Sows

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; PIG; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33745727934     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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