Effects of fattening boars in mixed or single sex groups and split marketing on pig welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-262

  Boyle, Laura A ^a   Bjorklund L ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Boars; Housing; Pig; Split marketing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN DEFECT; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34248992954     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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