Effects of species-relevant environmental enrichment on the behaviour and productivity of finishing pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 230-247

  Weerd, Heleen A Van de ^a   Docking, Caroline M ^b   Day, Jon E L ^b   Breuer, Kate ^b   Edwards, Sandra A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Enrichment; Pigs; Production; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT; FEEDING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33746901633     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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