Preweaning mortality in loose-housed lactating sows: Behavioral and performance differences between sows who crush or do not crush piglets

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 59-74

  Johnson, Anna Kerr ^a   Morrow, Julie Lynn ^a   Dailey, Jeffery William ^a   McGlone, John James ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Farrowing house; Mortality; Outdoor; Sow

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LACTATION; MORTALITY; PARTURITION; PIG; WEANING;

EID: 34247511180     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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