Socializing piglets before weaning: Effects on behavior of lactating sows, pre- and postweaning behavior, and performance of piglets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2847-2855

  Hessel, E F ^a   Reiners, K ^a   Van Den Weghe, H F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Performance; Piglet; Social behavior; Weaning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUCKLING; SWINE; TIME; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LACTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33749378181     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2005-606     Document Type: Article

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