Maternal behavior in pigs

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-85

  Algers, Bo ^a   Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavior; Communication; Hormones; Lactation; Maternal; Metabolism; Nursing; Pigs; Sows; Suckling

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SOMATOSTATIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SWINE;

EID: 34249337352     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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