Maternal behaviour and performance in first-parity outdoor sows

Livestock Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 216-222

  Wallenbeck, A ^a   Rydhmer, L ^a   Thodberg, K ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Grouped sows; Lactation; Maternal ability; Nursing; Outdoor production

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349188122     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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