Why do pigs root and in what will they root?. A review on the exploratory behaviour of pigs in relation to environmental enrichment

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 183-197

  Studnitz, Merete ^a   Jensen, Margit Bak ^a   Pedersen, Lene Juul ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Exploration; Motivation; Pig; Rooting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR; PIG;

SUIDAE;

EID: 34948880240     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.11.013     Document Type: Review

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