A note on differences in nursing behaviour on pig farms employing individual and group housing of lactating sows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 167-176

  Šilerová, Jitka ^a   Špinka, Marek ^a   Šárová, Radka ^a   Slámová, Kateřina ^c   Algers, Bo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Housing; Maternal investment; Nursing; On farm experiment; Pig; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FARM; LACTATION; MATERNAL CARE; PIG;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750630395     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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