Effects of boar presence on agonistic behavior, shoulder scratches, and stress response of bred sows at mixing

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1227-1237

  Seguin M J ^a   Friendship, R M ^a   Kirkwood, R N ^b   Zanella, A J ^b   Widowski, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Boar presence; Group housing; Sow; Stress response

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33748804735     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2006.8451227x     Document Type: Article

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