Allosuckling in domestic pigs: Teat acquisition strategy and consequences

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 26-38

  Illmann, Gudrun ^a   Pokorná, Zuzana ^b   Špinka, Marek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b Czech Union for Nature Conservation ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allosuckling; Pig; Teat order; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; BREASTFEEDING; LIVESTOCK; PIG; SUCKLING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 34347378469     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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